Xconomy: Chasing A.I. Breakthroughs: Q&A With Director of New MIT-IBM Lab

For all the progress that has been made in developing artificial intelligence technologies in recent years, the software "brains" that power machines are still nowhere near the sophistication of human minds. And advancing the field will require bold, new ideas, says A.I. researcher David Cox. Cox (pictured) has spent the past 11 years at Harvard University--first as a research fellow, and later as an associate professor--trying to enhance machine intelligence by studying the intersection of neuroscience and computer science. Now, he'll continue that work about two miles down the road at IBM's Kendall Square office in Cambridge, MA. This month, IBM named Cox the director of its efforts in a new, joint A.I. research lab being run in partnership with MIT.