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AI guru Ng: Fearing a rise of killer robots is like worrying about overpopulation on Mars

Posted in Software on 20th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

'There's also a lot of hype, that AI will create evil robots with super-intelligence. That's an unnecessary distraction.'

The New Era of Artificial Intelligence

Posted in Software on 20th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

Horvitz says that we are in a resurgence of optimism and hope as it relates to solving some of the core problems in artificial intelligence and there is much to look forward to.

As the Powerful Argue, Might Superintelligence Arise on the Fringes?

Posted in Software on 1st Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

Bill Gates is voicing concern over AI, even as a chief of research at Microsoft said AI doesnt worry him. Its a hotly debated topic. Why?

$4 Million in funding to develop Artificial General Intelligence

Posted in Software on 22nd Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

AGI is the AI discipline concerned with developing systems with human-like cognitive abilities such as general learning, reasoning, and problem solving.

Elon Musk donates $10M to keep AI beneficial

Posted in Software on 17th Jan, 2015
by Alex Muller

Elon Musk has decided to donate $10M to the Future of Life Institute (FLI) to run a global research program aimed at keeping AI beneficial to humanity.