Internet of Things devices are collecting an increasing amount of information, creating a web of data harvesting that ensnares people all around them.
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Big tech companies often push a positive view of AI.
Like calculators before them, AI tools can raise the bar for what people can achieve – if they’re used the right way.
Workers still know things that algorithms don’t. They’re essential to designing AI systems to enhance, not replace, jobs.
The tools that are meant to help make AI safer could actually make it much more dangerous.
The legacy of Darnella Frazier recording George Floyd’s murder is visible in today’s Latino communities using smartphones to witness the violence and aggression of ICE raids.
Writing before the advent of the smartphone, a French philosopher foresaw a world where computers would shape our behaviour, controlling much of our lives.
AI avatars of dead people are teaching courses and testifying in court. Even with the best of intentions, the emerging practice of AI ‘reanimations’ is an ethical quagmire.
Nvidia is one of the world’s most highly valued companies. A new book suggests its Taiwanese-born CEO is as grounded as any centibillionaire could be.
AI’s advantage over humans comes down to 4 dimensions: speed, scale, scope and sophistication. Whether AI can replace you depends on how much one or more of the S’s matter in what you do.
President Trump’s executive order calling for AI literacy highlights its importance. The order also underscores its amorphous nature. Here’s how to develop and measure effective AI literacy programs.
AI tools that provide information to you also gather lots of information from you and may provide it to third parties.
A survey of more than 1,500 Florida students may temper expectations of cellphone bans in schools.
People have long assumed that wheels evolved from simple wooden rollers. But how? And why? A new model focused on mechanical advantage and structural strength suggests some answers.
Remember when everything was ‘blockchain’? AI will plateau just like other hyped-up technologies in the past – but that doesn’t make it useless.
Military innovation requires a balance of secrecy and collaboration. Research shows how European defence firms can protect sensitive knowledge and maintain openness.
The popular satellite internet service is helpful for education and disaster relief in remote island communities.
Can a robot help you remember your pills, lift shopping, and even offer companionship? Yes – if it’s co-designed by its users.
Missile defense systems are nothing new. History shows that even if they work as advertised – a big if – they’re a bad idea if your aim is to make your country safer from nuclear attack.
Pioneering computer scientist Yoshua Bengio says his new AI model will make the world safer. But will it work?
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Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
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Teaching Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, and Associate Director, UMBC Cybersecurity Institute, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; University of Toronto
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Director of the Center for National Security Initiatives and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Researcher, Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
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Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Philosophy and Director of Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Professor of Statistics and Professor of EECS, University of Michigan
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Industry Professor of Emerging Technology and Co-Director, Human Technology Institute, University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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University Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
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Affiliate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University