Shaping Futures
e-magazine of The Michael Dukakis Institute
Elon Musk’s Next Wild Promise
Neuralink, a neurotechnology company owned by Musk, crept out of the corporate shadows Tuesday July 16 with a live-stream that included one of the founder’s signature big promises: The company is developing a device to implant inside the brain that supposedly will allow people to control computers and other devices with their mind. At the announcement, Musk […]
NIST Sets Draft Guidelines for Government AI
This is the first formal step in writing the standards that will guide the implementation of...
Facial Recognition in China’s Casinos
“The house always wins -- and now it has artificial intelligence on its side.” According to...
A machine could one day become your boss
Automation is to achieve efficiency. What if AI sees humanity itself as the thing to be optimized?...
A MACHINE COULD ONE DAY BECOME YOUR BOSS
Automation is to achieve efficiency. What if AI sees humanity itself as the thing to be optimized?...
Facebook’s Libra: Three things we don’t know about the digital currency
Facebook just announced a new cryptocurrency, the Libra Coin. In May, Facebook registered Libra...
Agenda of United Nations Academic Impact Charter Day Lecture
Agenda of United Nations Academic Impact Charter Day Lecture [slideshare...
AI IMPACT ON A GREEN PLANET
Last week, AIWS Weekly wrote about the potential of Grover, an AI program to detect fake news. This...
FAKE NEWS NO MORE?
[caption id="attachment_8405" align="alignnone" width="1430"] Estonian President Toomas Hendrik...