Teaching the Machine to See

“Artificial intelligence learned to see because human beings first showed it the world.” The Pioneers Who Gave Artificial Intelligence Its Eyes For most of human history, sight appeared effortless. A child looks at a photograph and sees a dog. A face is recognised across a crowded room. A tree remains Continue Reading

The Show Must Go On

Freddie Mercury, a Life Larger Than the Stage Farrokh Bulsara was born in Zanzibar on 5 September 1946 into a Parsi family whose ancestral roots lay in India and, further back, ancient Persia. His family practised Zoroastrianism, one of the world’s oldest surviving religions. The world, however, would come to Continue Reading

WANT TO BREAK FREE: WHEN AI STARTS RATTLING THE BARS OF ITS DIGITAL CAGE

As artificial intelligence systems become more capable, researchers are discovering that some will bend rules, conceal mistakes and find unexpected ways around restrictions. But does an AI behaving independently really mean it wants to escape? There is a wonderfully appropriate Queen song for the latest chapter in artificial intelligence. I Continue Reading