Computing and mathematics legend Stephen Wolfram is worried about bigger problems than climate change or overpopulation. He just joined the Lifeboat Institute, a think tank devoted to ways of protecting humanity from deadly ...READ»
Taught by two Googlers and available on YouTube free of charge, the class might be the largest instance of group education in the world, and the students--even around the world--seem to be eating it up.READ»
Imagine a cloud of rescue helicopters descending on a burning building. New artificial intelligence models teach semi-autonomous devices how to coordinate their actions to solve our problems. READ»
The Fast Company reader's essential source for breaking news and innovation from around the web--bite-sized and updated all day. Today, featuring Blockbuster, Tesla vs. BBC, Google's Answer Bot, Salesforce, and the Japan Earthquake's DVD drive shakeup.READ»
If you watched "Jeopardy!" last night, you saw an IBM supercomputer named Watson cream two human champions -- at least until it made a few dumb mistakes late in the round and allowed Brad Rutter to tie things up. But you also saw ...READ»
It's the Nerd Super Bowl--Ken Jennings (winner of 74 consecutive Jeopardy! episodes) versus Brad Rutter (winner of several tournaments of Jeopardy! champions) versus IBM's natural-language processing prodigy, Watson. The last time an IBM supercomputer challenged a human opponent, chess champion Garry Kasparov resigned in tears.READ»
The one thing robots, despite ever-increasing powers, tend not do very well is emote--just think of Asimo's blank face and you'll see what I mean. But here come Noby and M3-Kindy to change that ... and seriously creep you out. The two ...READ»
Music fans, be prepared to be wowed, and have notions of musicality tested by tech: A North Carolina company will be performing robotic recreations of old masterpieces, with an artificial intelligent recreation of their musical ...READ»
This video is mind blowing. Well, for Dharmendra S. Modha, manager of cognitive computing at the IBM Almaden Research Center, his job is mind developing. Er, coming up with a computing brain that mimics our own. This is a HUGE ...READ»
Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak, speaks about the implications of computers and connected networks becoming powerful enough to rival human intelligence.READ»
Talk of androids, advanced computer-based brain simulations and war robots is very exiting, but the development of artificial intelligence has been slightly stumped by a lack of transistors that work like our brains do. Until now.Now, ...READ»
If the Matrix or I, Robot's view of artificial intelligence sent chilly shivers down your spine, then prepare for frostbite: IBM's artificial brain is now as smart as a cat--just a stop or two down the line from human powers. ...READ»
Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com, coined the phrase Artificial Artificial Intelligence, and invested in human spaceflight startup Blue Origin. Now he's expanding his portfolio to include robots.Specifically, he's investing in Heartland ...READ»
This video is mind blowing. Well, for Dharmendra S. Modha, manager of cognitive computing at the IBM Almaden Research Center, his job is mind developing. Er, coming up with a computing brain that mimics our own. ...READ»
