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
How an algorithm became superhuman at Go — but not StarCraft — and then moved on to modeling proteins In a talk at the #vHLF20, DeepMind’s David Silver (recipient of the 2019 ACM Prize in Computing) showcased how AIs have become so powerful at playing games — and how this could be used to … 22. Sep 2020 | By Andrei Mihai | 1 comment
How HLF changed my life: Evangelos Kanoulas The COVID-19 pandemic forces us all to pause, reflect, and adapt. While the 8th Heidelberg Laureate Forum has been postponed to September 2021, this year’s Virtual HLF will take place from Monday, September 21 until … 02. Sep 2020 | By Jens-Steffen Scherer | 0 comments
An AI walks into a bar, and it writes an awesome story “I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours,” quipped famous writer and humorist Jerome K. Jerome, more than a hundred years before he wrote an essay on using … 24. Aug 2020 | By Andrei Mihai | 2 comments
New AI is amazing at depixelating images — but it also highlights the problem of data bias As it so often happens, AI brings immense promise, but things are far from perfect. Read more 07. Jul 2020 | By Andrei Mihai | 4 comments
Böse neue intelligente Welt – führt künstliche Intelligenz zu mehr Krieg und der Erosion der Menschenrechte? Maschinelles Lernen hat mit lernen gar nichts zu tun. Man sollte von diesem Begriff überhaupt ganz abkommen und es das nennen, was es ist: Statistische Parameteroptimierung. Das meinte Noel Sharkey, einer der Teilnehmer der Podiumsdiskussion … 23. Sep 2016 | By Tobias Maier | 3 comments
Schöne, neue, intelligente Welt – wie künstliche Intelligenz uns allen helfen kann In intelligenten Robotern und Geräten mit künstlicher Intelligenz steckt unheimlich großes Potential, um das Leben der Menschen zum Positiven zu verändern. Und das beste ist: Das ist gar keine Zukunftsmusik. Es passiert jetzt gerade. Knapp … 22. Sep 2016 | By Tobias Maier | 3 comments
