Douglas, the latest step toward realistic AI, is unsettling
There’s something off about Douglas. He’s touted by his creators as the “most realistic real-time autonomous digital human in the world.” If that’s true, then I don’t think the best…
This basic human skill is the next major milestone for A.I.
CausalWorld is a virtual world that lets robots learn about cause and effect. Here’s why that has big implications for the future of A.I.
This interactive VR ‘film’ lets you play god to an evolving artificial intelligence
If you could play god to an emerging artificial intelligence, would you? Or better: Should you? That’s the moral dilemma at the heart of Agence, an interactive “dynamic film” that…
YouTube puts human content moderators back to work
The humans are tagging in. YouTube is re-assigning the work of content moderation to more actual humans, Neal Mohan, YouTube’s chief product officer, told the Financial Times. At the start…
Twitter to investigate apparent racial bias in photo previews
The first look a Twitter user gets at a tweet might be an unintentionally racially biased one. Twitter said Sunday that it would investigate whether the neural network that selects…
Dreamcatcher is an A.I. that could help analyze the world’s dreams
What does A.I. dream analysis make of electric sheep?
People are fighting algorithms for a more just and equitable future. You can, too.
Mashable’s series Algorithms explores the mysterious lines of code that increasingly control our lives — and our futures. Algorithms shape our lives, some more gently than others. From dating apps,…
12 unexpected ways algorithms control your life
Mashable’s series Algorithms explores the mysterious lines of code that increasingly control our lives — and our futures. Blame the algorithm. That’s become the go-to refrain for why your Instagram…
What is an algorithm, anyway?
Mashable’s series Algorithms explores the mysterious lines of code that increasingly control our lives — and our futures. “The Algorithm” is impenetrable. It’s mysterious, it’s all-knowing, it’s omnipotent. Except that…
I ‘walked’ Boston Dynamics’ robot dog around San Francisco
“What’s its name?” “Can I take a photo?” “What is that?” The Boston Dynamics robot dog known as Spot stood out. Some people were fascinated. Others were annoyed and wary.…