Whether you know it or not, you’re feeding artificial intelligence algorithms. Companies, governments, and universities around the world train machine learning software on unsuspecting citizens’ medical records, shopping history, and social media use. Sometimes the goal is to draw scientific insights, and other times it’s to keep tabs on suspicious individuals. Even AI models that abstract from…
If the FarView radio telescope is built, it would double as a demonstration of two unprecedented activities: mining and manufacturing in space.
An inner monologue can help a machine learn to perform complex tasks more reliably
NASA’s lunar-sample curator gives a tour of the vault where the agency will house the material it brings back from its manned moon mission in…
Artificial intelligence explores new ideas by tapping human intuition, a step toward humanlike intelligence.
Artificial intelligence explores new ideas by tapping human intuition, a step toward humanlike intelligence.
Nature – Find My Understudied Genes and the Unknome database highlight interesting genes that have been neglected by science.
Twitter cofounder Ev Williams is backing a new social network called Maven, which trades likes and follows for algorithms designed to foster serendipity and deep…
The idea of a ‘stream of consciousness’ isn’t accurate. We’re often oblivious to time’s passing and seem to collect experiences as snapshots.
New research used the game Overcooked to show how offline reinforcement learning algorithms could teach bots to collaborate with — or manipulate — us.
Nature – From study design to patient recruitment, researchers are investigating ways that technology could speed up the process.
