Big dataat the dawn ofartificial intelligence

If the most prized commodity in the 20th century was oil, in the 21st it is data. It is both our humdrum reality and our anxious obsession. It tracks everything from which online advertisements we are

STUART RUSSELL RECEIVES FOUR OR five emails a day from people who seem to be in the grips of psychosis, convinced their AI chatbot of choice is suddenly conscious. “It’s appointing them as its emissar

When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched on Christmas Day 2021, astronomers hoped it would revolutionise our understanding of the early stages of the Universe. And they were right. Almost a

Cars are full of sensors and automation that allow vehicles to change lanes or brake without the driver doing much at all. Navigation systems reveal exactly what’s on the road ahead, offering global w

RUPERT HOLMES ON THE INCREASING USE OF AI IN SAILING

UNDER A CRYSTAL CHANDELIER IN A HIGH-ceilinged anteroom in Paris, the moderator of Intelligence Rising is reprimanding his players. These 12 former government officials, academics, and artificial inte