A Change You Can Hear: AI Now Mimics Voices Technology is a tool, and it’s up to us to decide how we want to use it. Read more 15. Feb 2023 | By Andrei Mihai | 0 comments
Hot Topic: Deep Learning – Applications and Implications As a communicator working in the world of artificial intelligence (AI), I am often frustrated by how much hype the topic of tools that utilize a deep learning approach receive. I think this is a … 09. Dec 2022 | By Katherine Gorman | 2 comments
The Imitation Game: Turing and Beyond Thanks to the eponymous film, “the imitation game” is a phrase known by many people. I must confess though, before the talk by Avi Widgerson (Nevanlinna and Abel Prize recipient), on day two of the … 21. Oct 2022 | By Sophie Maclean | 4 comments
A Hot, Hot Topic Hits the Stage at #HLF22: Deep Learning Few fields of maths and computer science have received as much attention in the past decade as deep learning. To non-practitioners and the general audience, deep learning seems to carry an almost mystical aura around … 19. Oct 2022 | By Andrei Mihai | 3 comments
Mathematics and Computer Science: The Future The first panel of #HLF22 was titled “Future Challenges in Mathematics and Computer Science”. The panel was moderated by Ragni Piene (University of Oslo) and featured Eric A. Brewer (ACM Prize in Computing – 2009), … 12. Oct 2022 | By Sophie Maclean | 1 comment
Computing for social good: Shwetak Patel’s take on how computers can make society better The last day of the 2022 Heidelberg Laureate Forum kicked off with an engaging lecture from ACM Prize in Computing laureate Shwetak Patel, where he presented some of the ways in which computing can help … 06. Oct 2022 | By Andrei Mihai | 2 comments
Can we use Asimov’s three laws of robotics in the real world? In the past few weeks, the news was abuzz with talk of a Google engineer who claimed that one of the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) systems had gained sentience. Google was quick to contradict the … 20. Jul 2022 | By Andrei Mihai | 15 comments
Seven technology trends that defined 2020 This year was a challenging one on multiple fronts. From the pandemic itself to all the social and economic woes that it brought upon us, 2020 has been a tough nut to crack. Luckily though, … 29. Dec 2020 | By Andrei Mihai | 2 comments
The virtual doctor will see you now: how algorithms are getting better at diagnosing diseases Shwetak Patel saw a lot of 2020 coming. Not the pandemic itself, but the growing importance of technology in medicine. From smart sensors to diagnosis algorithms, medicine is greatly benefiting from technological advancements, and the … 16. Dec 2020 | By Andrei Mihai | 4 comments
AI promised to help us through the pandemic. Has it? We’ve heard it a million times: artificial intelligence (AI) is a magnificent tool with the potential to revolutionize countless fields. Yet when it came to the pandemic, it was a bit of a cold shower. … 17. Nov 2020 | By Andrei Mihai | 1 comment
