Shaping Futures
e-magazine of The Michael Dukakis Institute
Rules for bringing AI into the classroom
Teachers are one of the professions least at risk of being automated. A job that requires emotional intelligence and flexibility — in adapting lesson plans on-the-fly to a particular group […]
Hundreds of AI tools have been built to catch COVID. None of them helped.
When COVID-19 struck Europe in March 2020, hospitals were plunged into a health crisis that was...
NSF Makes Huge Investment In Eleven New Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today that it was funding 11 new National...
How the National Science Foundation is taking on fairness in AI
Most of the public discourse around artificial intelligence (AI) policy focuses on one of two...
New AI Can “Imagine” a Never-Before-Seen Object
Imagine an orange cat. Now, imagine the same cat, but with coal-black fur. Now, imagine the cat...
How To Evaluate AI Software
Buying off-the-shelf AI (Artificial Intelligence) software is a good first step for those companies...
AI-Driven Robots Are Here For Good
Artificial intelligence (AI) is just a supporting player in the wider world of robotics. Unlike...
Ethical AI can change the world – if we act now
I’m driven by two realities today. First, we’re generating more data than ever before—we’re...
These Are The Startups Applying AI To Tackle Climate Change
Climate change is the most pressing threat that the human species faces today. Artificial...