Modern AI and the fundamental undoing of the scientific method The days of traditional, human-driven problem solving — developing a hypothesis, uncovering principles, and testing that hypothesis through deduction, logic, and experimentation — may […]
Alien Knowledge – When Machines Justify Knowledge
The infusion of AI (alien intelligence) is bringing into question the assumptions embedded in our long Western tradition. We thought knowledge was about finding the order hidden in the chaos. […]
THE AI INDEX 2017 ANNUAL REPORT
A long report on the state of AI. For all those interested in this multidimensional rapidly evolving phenomena – holding the sum of all fears and hopes. Created and launched […]
Mark Sagar Made a Baby in His Lab. Now It Plays the Piano
“When scientists see the world and artists see the world, they are looking at the same thing,” he says, “using a different language and viewpoint to describe it. But it’s […]
Mossberg: The Disappearing Computer
Tech was once always in your way. Soon, it will be almost invisible. A key question – What’s going to be always in our way next? All of the […]