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Machine-speed, human-inspired: the innovation pitch that rejects all the stereotypes of government

Waiting weeks or months for research to be compiled, days for a decision to be made and then chasing a signature to proceed: this is situation normal for most bureaucrats, but one government organisation says this is too slow – humans are too slow – for the challenges ahead.
This week Air Force is pitching a new innovation plan and asking industry to help it create a combined human-machine workforce of augmented intelligence: the creativity and flexibility of humans, and the tempo and accuracy of machines.

AI, automation & 21st century skills needs: what do they mean for education?

The profound changes ahead demand an education approach that will provide young people with enduring capabilities and skills to harness the opportunities of technological change.

The passport that today’s kindergarten students will need for life and work in 2040 includes the strong foundations provided by a great school education. This starts with literacy and numeracy but goes well beyond that to the higher order skills provided by quality post-school education and training.

Artificial intelligence uses internet searches to help create mind association magic trick

Scientists have created an artificial intelligence (AI) that uses internet searches to help co-design a word association magic trick.

The future of artificial intelligence: two experts disagree

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to revolutionise our lives, drive our cars, diagnose our health problems, and lead us into a new future where thinking machines do things that we’re yet to imagine.

Or does it? Not everyone agrees.

Even billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who admits he has access to some of the most cutting-edge AI, said recently that without some regulation “AI is a fundamental risk to the existence of human civilization”.

So what is the future of AI? Michael Milford and Peter Stratton are both heavily involved in AI research and they have different views on how it will impact on our lives in the future.

How Dangerous Is Deep Learning?

Recent and ongoing debate on the dangers of deep learning tends to focus on whether Artificial Intelligence (AI) will soon be able to set its own agenda, leading to AI control of the human race. However, lessons from the computer based disasters of the past 50 years suggest that the real danger is human error. […]

Building a better ‘bot’: Artificial intelligence helps human groups

Artificial intelligence doesn’t have to be super-sophisticated to make a difference in people’s lives, according to a new study. Even ‘dumb AI’ can help human groups.

Policymakers ‘flying blind’ into the future of work

Will a robot take away my job? Many people ask that question, yet policymakers don’t have the kind of information they need to answer it intelligently, say the authors of a new study.