According to a new A.I.-assisted algorithm, he was one of several hundred V.A. patients nationwide, of six million total, deemed at imminent risk of suicide. “I don’t like this idea of a list, to tell you the truth — a…
Still, systems like the board-game champion AlphaZero and the increasingly convincing fake-text generator GPT-3 have stoked the flames of debate regarding when humans will create an artificial general intelligence—machines that can multitask, think, and reason for themselves. “Most of the…
This new system, GPT-3, had spent those months learning the ins and outs of natural language by analyzing thousands of digital books, the length and breadth of Wikipedia, and nearly a trillion words posted to blogs, social media and the…
Until the pandemic none of the major oil forecasters had seen an imminent demand peak. The gap between each forecast comes down to differing assumptions about government policies, economic conditions and consumer preferences for things such as new electric cars…
The difficulties imposed by the pandemic have led to a serious rethinking in the traditionally call center-based customer service economy. Traditional IVR (Interactive Voice Response) systems in contact centers become expensive and outdated to maintain as they are not compatible…
“Traditional processes may have produced satisfactory results for decades, but they’re not enough in today’s fast-moving business climate,” said Larry Kerr, president and CEO of Illinois-based EBE Technologies. AI-supported accounts payable and purchase order (PO) manager solutions a “one-stop shop…
Imagine a classroom in the future where teachers are working alongside artificial intelligence partners to ensure no student gets left behind. This is part of a larger vision of future classrooms where human instruction and AI technology interact to improve…
On 22 June, more than 2,400 academics signed a letter from a group called the Coalition for Critical Technology (CCT), asking Springer Nature not to publish the work and calling on all publishers to refrain from publishing similar studies. Springer…
Your sales team may have the soft skills to close deals, but over and above that, such individuals need the tools to nurture, prioritize, and in some cases, navigate their way through as many leads as possible. The term sales…
The philosopher Peter Singer argues that creatures that can feel pain or suffer have a claim to moral standing. As real artificial intelligence technology advances toward Hollywood’s imagined versions, the question of moral standing grows more important. If AIs have…