Online Resources
- What is AI?
Artificial intelligence is the hottest technology of our time. But what is it? It sounds like a stupid question, but it’s one that’s never been more urgent. Here’s the short answer: AI is a catchall term for a set of technologies that make computers do things that are thought to require intelligence when done by people. - A short history of AI, and what it is (and isn’t)AI, a label that’s been slapped on technologies ranging from self-driving cars to facial recognition, chatbots to fancy Excel. But in general, when we talk about AI, we talk about technologies that make computers do things we think need intelligence when done by people.
- How Do You Al?A recent study by Pew Research Center suggests that by February 2024, 20% of employed Americans had used ChatGPT at work - more than doubling the 8% who said they had in March 2023. What about this study is most surprising?
- Generative AI: A primerThe article focuses on the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI), particularly its potential risks and policy considerations, including privacy concerns, misinformation, and copyright issues.
- Artificial cognition vs. artificial intelligence for next-generation autonomous robotic agentsThe trend in industrial/service robotics is to develop robots that can cooperate with people, interacting with them in an autonomous, safe and purposive way. These are the fundamental elements characterizing the fourth and the fifth industrial revolutions
- Humanity at the crossroads. To "uninstall" artificial intelligence or to inverst more in artificial inelligenceAn analysis of democracy marked by the intervention, if not sometimes the intrusion, of artificial intelligence, but also a review of the attempts to regulate artificial intelligence precisely so as not to cancel the progress made by the democratic evolution of society, with concrete reference to human rights.
- Artificial intelligence from The Columbia Encyclopedia(AI), the use of computers to model the behavioral aspects of human reasoning and learning. Research in AI is concentrated in some half-dozen areas.
- How AI works : From sorcery to scienceAI isn't magic. How AI Works demystifies the explosion of artificial intelligence by explaining—without a single mathematical equation—what happened, when it happened, why it happened, how it happened, and what AI is actually doing'under the hood.
- Practical AI
Practical AI aims to make artificial intelligence accessible, productive, and practical for everyone. - Eye on AIEye on A.I. is a biweekly podcast. AI is about to change your world, so pay attention.
- Why critical thinking is crucial for AI [AI Today Podcast]
The widespread adoption and use of generative AI means that folks no longer need to be an expert in “hard” skills such as statistics & probability, calculus, or linear algebra to get value from using Generative AI. Instead, the need to use soft skills such as communication, curiosity, problem solving, and adaptability is becoming more important. This episode discusses the growing need for critical thinking skills. - Explainable AI concepts [AI Today Podcast]Discusses the ability of AI algorithms to explain the exact cause-and-effect from input data to output result is known as AI algorithmic explainability. However, it is widely recognized that not many ML approaches are inherently explainable, in particular deep learning.
- A beginner’s guide to artificial intelligenceFor this “beginner’s guide” podcast, we wanted to ask some really basic questions about what AI is, how non-experts can get up to speed, how it may create a competitive advantage for some companies, and how it might impact our jobs.
