"When I think about the future of robots and society, I don't see machine overlords" Are you worried that AI-powered robots are going to steal our jobs and maybe kill us all? But it is time to play devil's advocate with yourself and consider whether the opposite might be true. My new novel, Automatic Noodle, out later this year, is about four robots who struggle to find employment in a country where humans have made laws preventing bots from unionising, opening bank accounts, voting and owning their own businesses. Yes, it is science fiction. But it is based on real tech – and, more importantly, it explores the implications of our deeply held suspicion that robots are evil.

Believe it or not, AI is already subtly reshaping the PC. No, we're not talking about the microprocessor or integrated NPUs. There, progress has been slow and stuttering, as chip vendors and Microsoft work toward establishing an ecosystem of Copilot PCs. Instead, PC vendors are looking for ways to reinvent the familiar with AI capabilities. But we wanted to know what PC vendors thought about the future of the AI PCs they're building.

Believe it or not, AI is already subtly reshaping the PC. No, we're not talking about the microprocessor or integrated NPUs. There, progress has been slow and stuttering, as chip vendors and Microsoft work toward establishing an ecosystem of Copilot PCs. Instead, PC vendors are looking for ways to reinvent the familiar with AI capabilities. But we wanted to know what PC vendors thought about the future of the AI PCs they're building.

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Large-scale language models like ChatGPT have taken the world by storm, dazzling users with their ability to pen convincing marketing copy, suggest recipes, and converse a lot like humans. But these models, for all their strengths, have some hefty (and concerning) limitations. And what other kinds of AI could be on the horizon? In this complimentary webinar, Kellogg faculty David Ferrucci, the AI researcher who started and led the IBM Watson team from its inception through its landmark Jeopardy success in 2011, and Brian Uzzi, a professor of management and organizations, will walk us through the inner workings and social ramifications of today's AI--and tomorrow's.

Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) were once concepts relegated to only the most optimistic observers, much like self-driving electric vehicles and smartphones once were. But if it isn't obvious, the times have changed. Today, ML and AI--along with the immensely powerful data collection and analytics tools that power those processes--are a mainstay of modern life. Every day, people interact with products and services powered by some of the world's most ground-breaking technology. In the financial sector specifically, ML and AI present an enormous opportunity to institutions to revolutionise their businesses and generate both top- and bottom-line results.

Artificial intelligence is already solving problems in all aspects of our lives, from animation filmmaking and tackling space exploration, to fast food recommendation systems that improve ordering efficiency. These real-world AI systems examples are just the beginning of what is possible in an AI Everywhere future and they are already testing the limits of compute power. Tomorrow's AI system solutions will require optimization up and down the stack from hardware to software, including in the tools and frameworks used to implement end-to-end AI and data science pipelines. A simple example can help illustrate the root of the challenge. In Architecture All Access: Artificial Intelligence Part 1 – Fundamentals, Andres Rodriguez, Intel Fellow and AI Architect, shows how a simple deep neural network (DNN) to identify digits from handwritten numbers requires over 100,000 weight parameters for just the first layer of multiplications.

Maverick's next wingman could be a drone. In the movies, fighter pilots are depicted as highly trained military aviators with the skills and experience to defeat adversaries in thrilling aerial dogfights. New technologies, though, are set to redefine what it means to be a "Top Gun," as algorithms, data and machines take on a bigger role in the cockpit -- changes hinted at in "Top Gun: Maverick." "A lot of people talk about, you know, the way of the future, possibly taking the pilot out of the aircraft," said 1st Lt. Walker Gall, an F-35 pilot with the U.S. 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath in England. "That's definitely not something that any of us look forward to." "I'd like to keep my job as long as possible, but I mean, it's hard to argue with newer and newer technology," he said.

Maverick's next wingman could be a drone. In the movies, fighter pilots are depicted as highly trained military aviators with the skills and experience to defeat adversaries in thrilling aerial dogfights. New technologies, though, are set to redefine what it means to be a "Top Gun," as algorithms, data and machines take on a bigger role in the cockpit -- changes hinted at in "Top Gun: Maverick." "A lot of people talk about, you know, the way of the future, possibly taking the pilot out of the aircraft," said 1st Lt. Walker Gall, an F-35 pilot with the U.S. 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath in England. "That's definitely not something that any of us look forward to." "I'd like to keep my job as long as possible, but I mean, it's hard to argue with newer and newer technology," he said.

The skies overhead could soon be filled with constellations of commercial space stations occupying low earth orbit while human colonists settle the Moon with an eye on Mars, if today's robber barons have their way. But this won't result in the same freewheeling Wild West that we saw in the 19th century, unfortunately, as tomorrow's interplanetary settlers will be bringing their lawyers with them. In their new book, The End of Astronauts: Why Robots Are the Future of Exploration, renowned astrophysicist and science editor, Donald Goldsmith, and Martin Rees, the UK's Astronomer Royal, argue in favor of sending robotic scouts -- with their lack of weighty necessities like life support systems -- out into the void ahead of human explorers. But what happens after these synthetic astronauts discover an exploitable resource or some rich dork declares himself Emperor of Mars? In the excerpt below, Goldsmith and Rees discuss the challenges facing our emerging exoplanetary legal system.