To look beyond the hype, we must understand its genesis and propagation | Continue reading
An overview of how multiple individuals have already been harmed by facial recognition algorithms, with more likely to follow. | Continue reading
An interview with Janelle Shane, creator of aiweirdness.com and author of 'You Look Like a Thing and I Love You' | Continue reading
A look at trends from 100 weeks of AI news, and AI-generated AI news snippets! | Continue reading
An overview of the big AI-related stories of 2020 | Continue reading
The results are encouraging, but journalist ebullience belies the difficulties ahead. | Continue reading
On what Deepfakes are, how they are used, and how much they should concern you. | Continue reading
The story of how neural nets evolved from the earliest days of AI to now. | Continue reading
Truly autonomous lethal weapons don't exist yet, but that may not be true for long unless regulations are passed | Continue reading
GPT-3 still has a range of limitations which must be noted before worrying that it will cost anyone their livelihood. | Continue reading
Movements against unregulated police use of facial recognition, which compound its many ethical issues, are gaining speed | Continue reading
Police surveillance and protesters, AI for productivity scoring, and more! | Continue reading
Information warfare online is serious. AI is just one part of the problem — and solution | Continue reading
A pragmatic guide to the powers and limits of neural networks | Continue reading
Introducing the Nooscope, a diagram that shows how Machine Learning works and how it fails | Continue reading
Effective worker upskilling requires a broad approach that puts more value on human capital. | Continue reading
Information warfare online is serious. AI is just one part of the problem — and solution | Continue reading
Could mediocre AI threaten labor more than brilliant AI, under the right conditions? | Continue reading
AI researchers often bemoan low quality coverage of their field; here are their recommendations. | Continue reading
AI researchers often bemoan low quality coverage of their field. Here are their recommendations. | Continue reading
The Rubik’s cube solving hand is representative of a true research contribution, but its many caveats do not merit the PR hype | Continue reading
On why human level intelligence is not needed to create algorithmically generated text that may seem like it was written by a human | Continue reading
Rather than acting like a single brain that strives to achieve a particular goal, the central AI would be more like a search engine | Continue reading
Skynet Today is seeking contributors for new briefs and editorials! | Continue reading
Constructing a set of three evaluative criteria for national AI strategy, and using them to consider US, Chinese, and Canadian policy | Continue reading
On artificial intelligence as a phrase, a fast moving research field, and an emerging new discipline of engineering | Continue reading
Elon Musk’s stated goals for Tesla are as unrealistic as they are ambitious | Continue reading
AI art has a long history that is often overlooked | Continue reading
Impressive results have been obtained by scaling known techniques, and the long-term prospects remain unclear | Continue reading
Impressive results have been obtained by scaling known techniques, and the long-term prospects remain unclear | Continue reading
For these robots, there remains a discrepancy between staged demonstrations and real world performance. | Continue reading
Recent studies suggest the impact of AI on jobs in the near future will not be significantly more disruptive than the impact of automation in the past | Continue reading
A roundup of notable AI news from 2018 that are still relevant today | Continue reading
On the risks of enshrining all sorts of injustices into computer programs, where they could fester undetected in perpetuity. | Continue reading
First robot to be granted a citizenship and a visa, Sophia does not have much to offer in terms of technology | Continue reading
Human-level AI may well be possible — and we may not have to fear it | Continue reading
First robot to be granted a citizenship and a visa, Sophia does not have much to offer in terms of technology | Continue reading
Accessible and informed coverage of the latest AI hype and panic | Continue reading
A new tool from Google promises 99 percent accuracy in identifying cancer in lymph nodes - but it's to early to claim it surpasses humans | Continue reading
A summary of what AI bias is, why we should care, and what we can and are doing about it | Continue reading
Recycled DeepFakes, running robots, invisible elephants, and more! | Continue reading
Another public figure with no expertise on AI issues sweeping, unfounded statements about it threatening humanity | Continue reading
Examining ACLU’s claims of racial bias in face recognition technology as surveillance risk | Continue reading
Yet again, an unremarkable and well understood aspect of an AI system has been made out to be creepy and hard to explain | Continue reading
Yet again, an unremarkable and well understood aspect of an AI system has been made out to be creepy and hard to explain | Continue reading
Even if autonomous cars are safer overall, the public will accept the new technology only when it fails in predictable and reasonable ways | Continue reading
What do AI researchers do at conferences? Check this out to find out! | Continue reading