Machine Learning: It’s not just a game Sumeet Kulkarni Science, Society & Culture, Technology The contrast between artificial intelligence and ordinary computing is best documented in how machines got one up over humans in one of our favorite pastimes: board games. If you have ever wondered why we...
How Artificial Intelligence Can Detect – and Create – Fake News Anjana Susarla, The Conversation News, Politics & Economics, Science & Medicine When Mark Zuckerberg told Congress Facebook would use artificial intelligence to detect fake news posted on the social media site, he wasn’t particularly specific about what that meant. Given my own...
A History of the Morris Water Maze, From Inception to Industry Standard Cailey Bromer Science & Medicine The Morris Water Maze (MWM) is practically synonymous with place cells, the spatially-tuned neurons of the hippocampus believed to be central to spatial navigation. Place cells fire preferentially when animals...
AI Assessment is Anti-Human Glenn McLaren Science & Medicine There is much talk at the moment about the continuing evolution of artificial intelligence technologies and what the implications of this will be for the future of humanity. Those such as Ray Kurzweil can’t...
Here is Ex Machina to Your Health Michele Battle-Fisher Science & Medicine Health is a personal narrative. We see ourselves like a history of our life events stored in our bodies. Can Ex Machina, beyond the surface scraping Fitbit savory tidbits, truly grasp what it means to be a...
