Why Academics Gather on Each Other's Campuses In Summer
By Joshua Kim. The template for all future campus-based cross-institutional summer gatherings was probably laid down by the Dartmouth 1956 Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence. More...
How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Teaching
Techno-News Blog. Robot tutors aren’t about to replicate the full array of teaching-and-learning behaviors that take place as a matter of course among people anytime soon. But artificial intelligence does raise a provocative question, one no doubt on the minds of educators worried about the decline in public higher-education funding. More...
AI can now tell your boss what skills you lack—and how you can get them
Techno-News Blog. Companies need an objective metric to evaluate proficiency. A new AI-powered tool developed by Coursera aims to be that metric. The feature, which the Bay Area startup announced today, lets companies that subscribe to its training programs see which of their employees are earning top scores in Coursera classes. More...
What if A.I. is coming for jobs faster than we thought?
Techno-News Blog. The general consensus on whether robots will take jobs wholesale remains mixed but is trending towards resignation. The optimists believe that, as with the Industrial Revolution and the Agricultural Revolution, the technological improvements that will come from the dawning era of artificial intelligence and its offshoot in modern robotics will create more new jobs than they destroy. More...
What will AI and robotics mean for higher education?
Techno-News Blog. AI and robotics, as areas of study, are catalyzing the creation of new majors, minors, and certificate programs in our colleges and universities. Beyond the study of AI or robotics are the complexities of how our work as professionals changes alongside increasingly capable machines. More...
Intelligence artificielle : la communauté scientifique des Hauts-de-France se structure pour renforcer son identité
C’est une démarche très intéressante concernant l’intelligence artificielle qu’ont mis en place le CNRS, le centre de recherche India Lille-Nord Europe ainsi que les universités d’Artois, de Lille et de Picardie Jules Verne. Plus...
Intelligence artificielle : en finir avec les idées reçues
LE CERCLE/POINT DE VUE - Dépassement de l'humain par la machine, pertes massives d'emplois, Europe surclassée par les Gafa et la Chine : les fantasmes accompagnent le développement inéluctable de l'IA. Plus...
Bane or Boon: Artificial Intelligence and the Workforce
The field of AI traces its roots to a 1956 summer workshop held at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, USA. The Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence brought together a small group of mathematicians and scientists over a two-month period to study how machines can simulate human intelligence. More...
Safeguarding human rights in the era of artificial intelligence
The use of artificial intelligence in our everyday lives is on the increase, and it now covers many fields of activity. Something as seemingly banal as avoiding a traffic jam through the use of a smart navigation system, or receiving targeted offers from a trusted retailer is the result of big data analysis that AI systems may use. More...