Artificial Intelligence articles

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  Cambridge University center to examine potential threat posed by artificial intelligence

  By Sam Byford on November 25, 2012 11:21 pm + 60 comments

  The UK's prestigious University of Cambridge is to play host to a new center where experts will Continue reading…

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  Watch this: Douglas Adams shares his views on artificial life in rare interview video

  By Ben Kersey on November 15, 2012 05:56 am + 22 comments

  Douglas Adams wasn’t one to shy away from technology, with the author famously known as the first Continue reading…

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  Military-backed surveillance prototype can read people's actions on video

  By Adi Robertson on October 28, 2012 08:37 pm + 16 comments

  Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have developed a system for letting a computer analyze what's going Continue reading…

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  Rapture of the nerds: will the Singularity turn us into gods or end the human race?

  By Ben Popper on October 22, 2012 11:00 am + 347 comments

  Hundreds of the world’s brightest minds — engineers from Google and IBM, hedge funds quants, and Continue reading…

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  Artificial intelligence hopes to give sports commentators an assist

  By Chris Welch on October 5, 2012 12:54 pm + 6 comments

  We've seen proof that robo-journalists can outperform their human sportswriter counterparts, so Continue reading…

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  The dream of an automated mechanical army impeded by lack of trust

  By Jeff Blagdon on September 15, 2012 09:32 pm + 28 comments

  The idea of a fully autonomous drone army right around the corner is unsettling to say the least, Continue reading…

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  Play Monopoly as Alan Turing did with new special edition board

  By Justin Rubio on September 9, 2012 04:22 am + 20 comments

  When Alan Turing wasn't busy contributing to the fields of computing and artificial intelligence, Continue reading…

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  AI with 13-year-old boy's personality wins top prize at world's biggest Turing test

  By Jeff Blagdon on June 27, 2012 07:06 am + 43 comments

  Eugene Goostman is a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy from the city of Odessa. He has a pet guinea pig, Continue reading…

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  Alan Turing's 100th birthday celebrated with Science Museum exhibition, words from Vint Cerf

  By Kimber Streams on June 18, 2012 02:16 pm + 23 comments

  June 23rd marks the centenary of Alan Turing's birth, and technologists across the world are Continue reading…

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  Google turns people into StreetView image decoders with new ReCAPTCHA boxes

  By Ellis Hamburger on March 29, 2012 06:55 pm + 22 comments

  As if CAPTCHAs don't already seem devious enough in their attempts to weed human visitors from Continue reading…