Skynet Today

Concise yet thorough articles that summarize and comment on an important recent AI story.

Boston Dynamics' robots — impressive, but far from the Terminator April 08, 2019 For these robots, there remains a discrepancy between staged demonstrations and real world performance.
OpenAI’s GPT2 - Food to Media hype or Wake Up Call? March 10, 2019 An effort to encourage the AI research community to talk about responsible disclosure of technology was met by strong criticism.
Sophia the Robot, More Marketing Machine Than AI Marvel November 20, 2018 First robot to be granted a citizenship and a visa, Sophia does not have much to offer in terms of technology
Google's LYmph Node Assistant - a Boost, not Replacement, for Doctors November 01, 2018 A new tool from Google promises 99 percent accuracy in identifying cancer in lymph nodes - but it’s too early to claim it surpasses humans
Examining Henry Kissinger's Uninformed Comments on AI September 06, 2018 Another public figure with no expertise on AI issues sweeping, unfounded statements about it threatening humanity
Amazon Rekognition Mistook Congressmen for Criminals? A Closer Look September 02, 2018 Examining ACLU’s claims of racial bias in face recognition technology as surveillance risk
Google Translate's 'Sinister Religious Prophecies', Demystified August 14, 2018 Yet again, an unremarkable and well understood aspect of an AI system has been made out to be creepy and hard to explain
Evil Software Du Jour: Google's Cocktail Party Algorithm May 29, 2018 Recent privacy concerns over work from Google showcased how easy it is for media to immediately jump to unlikely worst-case outcomes
'Do You Trust This Computer’ Gets a Whole Lot Wrong About AI Risks May 14, 2018 A Chris Paine documentary about AI promoted by Elon Musk conflates real AI risks with imaginary ones
Biased Facial Recognition - a Problem of Data and Diversity May 08, 2018 Flashy headlines often hijack meaningful and important conversations on this topic, even when the articles are solid - as was the case here
So What Was Up With Alexa's Creepy Laughter Anyway? April 23, 2018 A funny viral event talks to our ever increasing anxiety about AI and pervasive technology
Tesla's Lethal Autopilot Crash — A Failing of UI as Much as AI April 19, 2018 The tragedy might have been avoided if the limitations of the Autopilot were communicated more clearly
Is Data-Driven AI Brainwashing us all, or is it Just the Same as Good ol' Marketing? April 15, 2018 The many claims made as part of the recent Cambridge Analytica & Facebook scandal, reviewed
Can a "Google AI" Build Your Genome Sequence? March 31, 2018 A new AI-powered tool from Google promises more-accurate genome sequences, but its impact on genomics research remains to be seen
Deepfakes - Is Seeing Still Believing? March 29, 2018 Has widespread misuse of AI arrived? Not quite yet…
OpenAI's Not So Open DotA AI February 10, 2018 An impressive demo by OpenAI leaves many questions unanswered
The Crazy Coverage of Facebook's Unremarkable 'AI Invented Language' August 12, 2017 Sometimes the narratives media conjures up just serve to make real life seem boring
The Curious Case of OpenAI's Unsupervised Sentiment Neuron April 18, 2017 A nifty thing happened unintentionally, and some people overreacted
AlphaGo - so is Human Intelligence Obsolete? February 22, 2017 Breaking down the significance of the biggest AI story of the decade

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