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Apple has bought 2 artificial-intelligence companies in 4 days (AAPL)
Apple's on a buying spree as it ramps up its efforts in the tech industry's latest arms race: artificial intelligence.Bloomberg reports that Apple has bought Perceptio, a company that makes...
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How much you should worry about 3 common 'robot apocalypse' scenarios
Talk about artificial intelligence (AI) long enough and someone will inevitably ask, "Will robots take over and kill us all?"The idea of a robot apocalypse is an existential threat: something that...
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The mysterious artificial intelligence company Elon Musk invested in is...
Vicarious, the mysterious company that's been funded by Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, and actor Ashton Kutcher, wants to do something completely radical — build the...
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Stephen Hawking is a theoretical physics genius, but the mystery he finds...
In a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" thread on Thursday, world-famous astrophysicist Stephen Hawking fielded questions on everything from artificial intelligence to his favorite movie.Hawking has been...
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Stephen Hawking has a scary prediction about future inequality
The world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking made a disturbing prediction for humanity's future with artificial intelligence in a Reddit AMA, suggesting that our drive toward technology and automation...
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Stephen Hawking's claim about a 'drive to survive' in intelligent machines is...
Stephen Hawking has made some bold predictions about the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) in the past.Now, in a recent Reddit interview, the world-renowned physicist has suggested a survival...
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Stephen Hawking warns of an 'intelligence explosion'
Stephen Hawking has been vocal about the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) and how they could pose a threat to humanity.In his recent Reddit AMA, the famed physicist explains how that might...
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Silicon Valley's hottest AI company says we're talking about smart machines...
Artificial intelligence (AI) can mean a lot of things. It can include anything from digital assistants to warehouse robots. The algorithms used to power those devices are in almost everything — if it...
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'We are all going to be cyborgs' if humanity wants to solve its biggest problems
There's no one unifying vision of how super-smart artificial intelligence (AI) will change the future. Depending on who you ask, it could take our jobs, turn the Earth into paperclips, or kill off...
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The biggest obstacle to human-like artificial intelligence is inside your head
We live in a world where computers can trade stocks faster than any broker on the floor and best any living human in the game of Jeopardy.But it turns out even our smartest artificial intelligence (AI)...
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Smart robots will take our jobs — but it won't be as bad as you might think
Robots are getting so sophisticated that some people fear they'll eventually replace human laborers. After all, robots have already transformed factories and other industrial work.But while artificial...
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The future may be full of intentionally clumsy and apologetic robots
Robots are increasingly becoming a part of our everyday lives as they take our jobs and we work more alongside the machines.Trouble is, anti-robot sentiment is a real concern. Earlier this year...
View ArticleThis amazing shapeshifting surface can build tiny structures all on its own
MIT Media Lab has created an incredible network of pins that work together to build with blocks on their own based on input. It's an incredible precursor to an exciting future of turning digital data...
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Here's why it would be 'unintelligent' to build brain-like computer intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) researchers are working hard to make computers smarter and more capable, some in hopes of achieving human-level intelligence.The surest strategy might seem like emulating...
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This robot can do one of the most dreaded chores for you
Put down that crumpled pile of clothes, a robot that can fold your laundry is coming soon to a closet near you.Laundroid, a clothes-folding machine built by Japanese company Seven Dreamers, Panasonic,...
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Robots are terrible at these 3 uniquely human skills
You may have heard that robots are coming for our jobs, or maybe that super-intelligent programs could cause an apocalypse.But given how today's artificially intelligent programs and robots stack up to...
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19 A.I. experts reveal the biggest myths about robots
Most people have gleaned their understanding of artificial intelligence (AI) from science fiction more than from real life.But if you base all your knowledge about robots and AI on movies and books,...
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This guy wrote 'the bible of artificial intelligence' in 1979 — and then had...
In 1979, a groundbreaking book called "Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid" blew everyone's minds and won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction.Written by computer scientist Douglas Hofstadter,...
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This phenomenon explains what everyone gets wrong about AI
When we talk about AI the conversation will inevitably lead to one of many science fiction scenarios — whether it will take all our jobs or kill us all.But the truth is that AI has been around for...
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Google is making a big bet on machine learning (GOOG)
Machine learning and artificial intelligence got a lot of love on Google's Q3 earnings call.During CEO Sundar Pichai's prepared remarks, he went out of his way to point out that investments in machine...
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