The gentle singularity

Robert Hutton says many people fail to grasp the real nature of artificial intelligence

The technology-led US stockmarket has hit another record peak. There are rumours of stonking pay packages for software developers in Silicon Valley. One of the leading tech behemoths has just achieved

I spent one of the first weeks of my summer doing something I haven’t done in years: writing computer code. As a professor, when I want to generate data, I usually have the luxury of telling my studen

The 28-year-old startup founder has been tapped by Mark Zuckerberg to lead an AI dream team with hundreds of billions in resources and orders to achieve superintelligence. No pressure.

AI, literary theory and traditional storytelling

Artificial intelligence is no longer just a geeky or gimmicky technology – it’s becoming integrated with our daily lives. Although not everyone welcomes this development – there are valid concerns abo