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The Source Code: Nick Bostrom

Oct 11, 2017
Molly Wood talks with Nick Bostrom, director of the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford, about what would happen if artificial and human intelligence meet.
Nick Bostrom.
Courtesy of nickbostrom.com

Google's Magenta wants to teach machines to be creative

Jun 1, 2016
Giving a new meaning to electronic music.
A photo that's been run through Google's DeepDream neural network.
Lorenzo Tlacaelel/Wikimedia Commons

Autonomous weapons and the eventual robot uprising

Jul 31, 2015
Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and others signed a letter to ban, yes, killer bots.

Ex Machina imagines a robot indistinguishable from man

Apr 9, 2015
Questioning the implications of an autonomous robot with director Alex Garland.

A responsible approach to artificial intelligence

Jan 26, 2015
Some say we need to understand how AI can be harmful, even if it isn’t right now.

For public good, not for profit.

Google's start-up turn-ons: Intelligence, pushing limits and changing the world

Jan 27, 2014
If a start-up hopes to get Google's attention, there are a few essentials. First, be brilliant.