Trolley problem tested in real life for first time with mice
11 May 2018
Would you kill someone to save five others? The first lab enactment of this classic thought experiment raises issues for how we programme self-driving cars
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Eye scanner can tell if you've mastered a foreign language
10 May 2018
By monitoring unconscious eye movements while reading, an algorithm can predict the proficiency of someone learning English as a second language
DeepMind AI developed navigation neurons to solve a maze like us
9 May 2018
Humans have neurons called “grid cells” that help us find our way as we navigate our surroundings. DeepMind's AI has developed something similar as it learned to navigate a maze
Google’s human-like phone calls are a clever but nasty trick
9 May 2018
Google’s AI assistant is getting an upgrade to let it make you an appointment by impersonating a human on the phone, but this tech could cause a host of problems
