Posts tagged with "Artificial intelligence"

Unsecured Futures
Lucy Seal, curator

Exhibition Artificial intelligence, Computer science

An AI-driven artist’s exhibition hints at, but never fully explores, the ethics of algorithms

1 July, 2019

My train ride from London to Oxford is filled with anticipation. Having just watched the latest season of Black Mirror, I anticipate the same blending of wit, unintended consequences, and dystopian paradox from the new exhibition that has just opened at the Barn Gallery in St John’s College, Oxford. Unsecured Futures is the solo show… Read More
Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology
Adrienne Mayor

Book Artificial intelligence, Literature, Robotics

Technology tales from classical literature reveal the storied history of artificial intelligence

3 October, 2018

Long before the advent of modern robots and artificial intelligence (AI), automated technology existed in the storytelling and imaginations of ancient societies. Hephaestus, blacksmith of the mythical Greek gods, fashioned mechanical serving maids from gold and endowed them with learning, reason, and skill in Homer’s Iliad. Designed to anticipate their master’s requests and act on… Read More
Underbug: An Obsessive Tale of Termites and Technology
Lisa Margonelli

Book Artificial intelligence, Entomology, Robotics

Underbug

4 September, 2018

Lisa Margonelli’s Underbug book is definitely not about termites—at least, not as an entomologist would view them. Instead, it consists of stories of visits to labs and field sites, with reflections on questions raised by the research and researchers she encounters. Accounts of the biology of termites are scattered through chapters on how so-called “advanced”… Read More
Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War
Paul Scharre

Book Artificial intelligence, Autonomous Warfare

A sober treatise on the future of warfare warns of the perils of autonomous robotic combatants

23 April, 2018

Sooner than you may think, robotic swarms will intercept incoming missiles at hypersonic speed, while dueling cyberattacks and countermeasures transpire at nearly the speed of light. Such strikes and counterstrikes will quickly overwhelm the capacities of human combatants to respond. Fiscal constraints and decreasing human resources, together with the promise of enhanced precision, effective risk… Read More
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Max Tegmark

Book Artificial intelligence, Computer science

A physicist explores the future of artificial intelligence

2 August, 2017

Whether it’s reports of a new and wondrous technological accomplishment or of the danger we face in a future filled with unbridled machines, artificial intelligence (AI) has recently been receiving a great deal of attention. If you want to understand what the fuss is all about, Max Tegmark’s original, accessible, and provocative Life 3.0: Being… Read More
Driverless: Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead
Hod Lipson, Melba Kurman

Book Artificial intelligence, Computer science

Contemplating the path forward for autonomous vehicles

9 September, 2016

Everyone is talking about driverless cars. Recent advancements in power storage, computational power, sensory technology, communication bandwidth, algorithm efficiency, and more have moved autonomous vehicles from the realm of science fiction into the real world. In Driverless, authors Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman delve into these and other contributing technologies. Included is an exhaustive revie… Read More