Editor's Pick: What Should We Expect From AI?

What Should We Expect From AI?

Jim McGregor Apr 12, 2018 7:00 AM PT

Fear mongering about killer robots and the recent deaths connected with Uber and Tesla autonomous vehicles have rekindled concerns about AI in the machines around us. We are well beyond answering Alan Turing's question, "can machines think?" There is now good reason to ask how we should think of AI, and what we should expect from it. There have been phenomenal advances in just the past few years. [More...]

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