Data science and artificial intelligence are adding a new dimension to drug discovery and development, emphasizing computation and machine learning. Given this shift, pharmaceutical companies are actively building infrastructure, data, tools, and teams to bring together data scientists with biology and life science experts. Pharma…
Artificial intelligence in filmmaking might sound futuristic, but we have reached this place. Technology is already making a significant impact on film production. Today, most of the outperforming movies that come under the visual effects category are using machine learning and AI…
Bias, understood to be an inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair, is rife in AI and ML. In fact, algorithmic bias in AI systems can take varied forms such as gender bias, racial…
“The public have become extremely distrustful of AI systems,” says Bill Mitchell. “You need to prove to them that you are competent, ethical and accountable.” Mitchell is director of policy at BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT in the United Kingdom, and the lead…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is used to make everyday life easier. Here’s how AI systems can help elevate your medical game. Artificial intelligence (AI) is responsible for driving autonomous vehicles, powering intelligent assistants such as Alexa and Siri, and placing annoying advertisements on…
Events over the past few years have revealed several human rights violations associated with increasing advances in artificial intelligence (AI). Algorithms created to regulate speech online have censored speech ranging from religious content to sexual diversity. AI systems created to monitor illegal activities have been used to track and…
The travelling salesman problem You know the Travelling Salesman Problem? Find the shortest route that takes you to every city on a list and returns you home. It’s a hard problem. In fact it’s an NP-hard problem, where NP stands for non-deterministic…
In 2019, OpenAI released Safety Gym, a suite of tools for developing AI models that respects certain “safety constraints.” At the time, OpenAI claimed that Safety Gym could be used to compare the safety of algorithms and the extent to which those algorithms…
A New Yorker review of Roadrunner, the new documentary on Anthony Bourdain, is getting extra attention for one anecdote mentioned toward the end. In the article, published Thursday, reporter Helen Rosner describes a scene in the film in which artist David Choe, a friend of…
The issue of bias in artificial intelligence is not going away any time soon. Bias is a tricky term in general, and psychiatrists have developed long treatises trying to explain what it is and how it works. The current discussion around bias in AI,…
