Artificial Intelligence

Will a general algorithm that masters chess, go and shogi succeed as well for games with less-defined rules?

Machine-learning algorithms are speeding up the search for novel drugs and materials

Former FEMA chief Craig Fugate talks about sea level rise, big data, and bias

AI will serve our species, not control it

At the second Science on the Hill event, AI, Robotics and Your Health, experts from academia and the private sector talked with Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina about the future of AI and robotics in medicine.  

Humans are increasingly entrusting our security, health and safety to “black box” intelligent machines

With the new sci-fi flick Ghost in the Shell hitting theaters this week, Scientific American asks artificial intelligence experts which movies, if any, have gotten AI right

The ability to forecast temblors would be a tectonic shift in seismology. But is it a pipe dream? A seismologist is conducting machine-learning experiments to find out

Artificial intelligence could unlock higher productivity and better health and happiness for millions of people