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Why Computers Don’t Need to Match Human Intelligence
With continuing advances in machine learning, it makes less and less sense to compare AI to the human mind.
As the Arctic Warms, AI Forecasts Scope Out Shifting Sea Ice
Global warming is making it harder to predict the movement and location of the ice cover, crucial information for fishing and global shipping.
Neuron Bursts Can Mimic a Famous AI Learning Strategy
A new model of learning centers on blasts of neural activity that act as teaching signals—approximating an algorithm called backpropagation.
This AI Resurrects Ancient Board Games—and Lets You Play Them
What tabletop games did our ancestors play in 1000 BC? A new research project wants to find out, and make them playable online too.
A Stanford Proposal Over AI's 'Foundations' Ignites Debate
A research paper that dubs some artificial intelligence models "foundations" is sparking a dispute over the future of the field.
How Computationally Complex Is a Single Neuron?
Scientists taught an artificial neural network to imitate a biological neuron. The result offers a new way to think about the complexity of brain cells.
Without Code for DeepMind’s Protein AI, One Lab Wrote Its Own
The Google subsidiary solved a fundamental problem in biology but didn’t promptly share its solution. So a University of Washington team tried to re-create it.
DeepMind Wants to Use AI to Transform Soccer
The Alphabet-owned company is working with Liverpool to bring computer vision and statistical learning to the high-stakes world of sports.
Now for AI’s Latest Trick: Writing Computer Code
Programs such as GPT-3 can compose convincing text. Some people are using the tool to automate software development and hunt for bugs.
AI Could Enable 'Swarm Warfare' for Tomorrow's Fighter Jets
A Pentagon project is testing scenarios involving multiple aircraft that could change the dynamics of air combat.
The Secret Auction That Set Off the Race for AI Supremacy
How the shape of deep learning—and the fate of the tech industry—went up for sale in Harrah's Room 731, on the shores of Lake Tahoe.
Researchers Blur Faces That Launched a Thousand Algorithms
Managers of the ImageNet data set paved the way for advances in deep learning. Now they’ve taken a big step to protect people’s privacy.
This Chip for AI Works Using Light, Not Electrons
Lightmatter says the computing and power demands of complex neural networks need new technologies like these to keep up.
Klara and the Sun Imagines a Social Schism Driven by AI
The Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro talks to WIRED about AI, Crispr, and his hopes for humanity.
A New Artificial Intelligence Makes Mistakes—on Purpose
A chess program that learns from human error might be better at working with people or negotiating with them.
Watch a Robot Dog Learn How to Deftly Fend Off a Human
Kick over this robot and it’ll quickly right itself—not because someone told it how, but because it taught itself to overcome the embarrassment.
What AlphaGo Can Teach Us About How People Learn
David Silver of DeepMind, who helped create the program that defeated a Go champion, thinks rewards are central to how machines—and humans—acquire knowledge.
Behind the Paper That Led to a Google Researcher’s Firing
Timnit Gebru was one of seven authors on a study that examined prior research on training artificial intelligence models to understand language.
Deep Neural Networks Are Helping Decipher How Brains Work
Neuroscientists are finding that deep-learning networks, often criticized as “black boxes,” can be good models for the organization of living brains.
AI Ruined Chess. Now, It’s Making the Game Beautiful Again
A former world champion teams up with the makers of AlphaZero to test variants on the age-old game that can jolt players into creative patterns.
A Dogfight Renews Concerns About AI's Lethal Potential
Alphabet's DeepMind pioneered reinforcement learning. A Maryland company used it to create an algorithm that defeated an F-16 pilot in a simulation.
Even the Best AI Models Are No Match for the Coronavirus
Many so-called “quantitative funds” that mine historical data to make trading decisions fared poorly in March, when stocks fell sharply amid coronavirus fears.
This Algorithm Doesn't Replace Doctors—It Makes Them Better
An artificial intelligence system has outperformed physicians when detecting skin lesions. The results are changing how one school trains dermatologists.
Prepare for Artificial Intelligence to Produce Less Wizardry
A new paper argues that the computing demands of deep learning are so great that progress on tasks like translation and self-driving is likely to slow.