Artificial Intelligence Could Soon Determine Humanity’s Fate
As AI plays an increasing role in military affairs, human roles, even in nuclear decision-making, are likely to be progressively diminished.
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Artificial Intelligence May Destroy Humanity by Accident (but It Won’t Apologize)
This is a highly probable scenario that the Department of Defense, for one, is having trouble taking on board.
How Much All-Seeing AI Surveillance Is Too Much?
As face-scanning technologies find new applications in store checkout lines, police body cameras and war zones, developers struggle to balance business opportunities with difficult moral decisions.
Facebook Kills 'Trending' Topics, Tests Breaking News Label
Facebook is shutting down its problematic "trending" news section after four years, claiming the tool is outdated and wasn't popular.
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Starbucks Drama Proves (Again) the Reactionaries Will Be Televised
Injustice hunting has become the new favorite pastime of Americans instead of addressing the problems at their roots.
Yanis Varoufakis on How to Make Universal Basic Income Work (Video)
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The economist explains why DiEM25, the movement he founded, is opposed to funding universal basic income through taxation.
Mainstream Groupthink and Artificial Intelligence Could Stifle Dissent in an Orwellian Future
Since the election, some U.S. media and tech companies are using "fake news" hysteria to establish a Ministry of Truth.
Will Facebook’s System to Detect Fake News Lead to Censorship?
There’s a difference between muckraking and fake news. Determining the difference is too difficult for a computer, even one with the smartest kind of artificial intelligence.
Campaign to Stop Killer Robots Warns U.N. of AI Threat 'a Few Years Away'
Experts in artificial intelligence, lawyers and activists gathered at the United Nations on Tuesday to warn against a growing reliance on “stupid AI” that could prove disastrous.
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When Robots Run the Show
In "Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future," Martin Ford predicts that the next wave of job losses will be caused by advances in artificial intelligence, making robots the most efficient way to perform routine work now done by humans.
