The kind of AI that’s being developed and used today isn’t going to make our world look anything like Blade Runner or Terminator.

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"That is bad for democracy, that is bad for social justice, and the general well-being of most people."

Godfather of deep learning: China's AI tech is "1984 big brother"

Artificial Intelligence

Yoshua Bengio opened up in a new interview about his anxiety about how China is using deep learning to surveil and manipulate large populations.

Godfather of Deep Learning: China’s AI Tech Is “1984 Big Brother”

"This is the 1984 Big Brother scenario. I think it’s becoming more and more scary."

But we don't yet know what will take its place.

Analysis: "The era of deep learning is coming to an end"

Time to Upgrade

According to a massive analysis by MIT Technology Review, the AI research community may soon move away from deep learning toward something new.

Analysis: “The Era of Deep Learning Is Coming to an End”

Nothing lasts forever.

Big data has a role in healthcare, if it's handled properly.

Amazon's next AI bet: digitizing medical records

Alexa, I Don't Feel So Good

Amazon continues to invest in healthcare and has begun selling software which analyzes patient medical records for hospitals and their physicians.

Amazon's Next AI Bet: Digitizing Medical Records

Amazon wants in on medtech.

Amazon’s Next AI Bet: Digitizing Medical Records

A graduation cap with a super large rectangular brim really makes a statement.

Meet the researchers bringing bizarre AI creations to life

WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY

How to Generate (Almost) Anything is collaborating with their custom AI systems to bring bizarre foods, clothes, and art into the real world.

Meet the Researchers Bringing Bizarre AI Creations to Life

The MIT group calls itself "How to Generate (Almost) Anything," and it wants to make AI available to the masses.

The research doesn't just support the fantastic future of holograms — it offers realistic applications, too.

How deep learning AI will help hologram technology find practical applications

Not only is the technique an advancement of holographic technology, but also, the holograms could have fascinating (and practical) medical applications.

How Deep Learning AI Will Help Hologram Technology Find Practical Applications

Especially in medicine. 

This could improve our responses to earthquakes, tsunamis, and droughts.

Deep learning could help first responders offer critical aid in the wake of disasters

Developers are being challenged to craft deep learning algorithms to assess the conditions of roads and food production trees following natural disasters.

Deep Learning Could Help First Responders Offer Critical Aid in the Wake of Disasters

Artificial intelligence could help us deal with the aftermath of hurricanes and wildfires.

The deep learning framework can effectively identify cracks in nuclear reactors by analyzing individual video frames.

How artificial intelligence is making nuclear reactors safer

Earth & Energy

Using artificial intelligence, engineers at Purdue University have found a new method to track potentially disasterous cracks in nuclear reactors.

Researchers Are Training AI to Help Make Nuclear Reactors Safer

The AI has a 98.3 success rate in identifying the cracks, which is significantly higher than even the most advanced current methods.

How Artificial Intelligence Is Making Nuclear Reactors Safer

The key was training the computer to reason on the fly when encountered with new variations, like overlapping letters.

Computer system beats CAPTCHA checks by thinking more like a human

An AI company trained a computer to beat CAPTCHA tests, which test if a user is human. This brings us one step closer to computers that think like humans.

Computer System Beats CAPTCHA Checks By Thinking More Like a Human

The study trained a system to cross-reference what it knows about individual characters.

There's a new horror novelist that wants to scare the living breath out of you. Developed by researchers from MIT, Shelley AI takes inspiration from original works and human Twitter contributions to spin the scariest words in a short horror prose.

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