inventing.ai

A framework for understanding AI and keeping up with it all.

A comparison of the nature of knowledge in its weak and strong forms offers a penetrating and non-technical look at the future of strong…

Data-driven medicine, theory-free science, and the power of probabilities. A flourishing new partnership or a spiral of reinforcing errors?

Artificial general intelligence will be humanity’s greatest achievement. But researchers must first agree on the problem they’re solving.

Observe data in the wild of cutting-edge applications for a fresh perspective on how to compete.

We celebrate the promise of AI as we suffer the unintended consequences of social media. These states are linked across time.

These detectives of research are shining a light on bad medicine. Will artificial intelligence join their cause?

How do you observe the knowledge that artificial intelligence is supposed to create? Ask a philosopher.

There’s nothing soft about the intersection of epistemology and machine intelligence.

Is it a coincidence that machine learning and intelligence are both rooted in prediction?

The path to AI entails a deep understanding of human intelligence. If that seems obvious, you'll be surprised how this story unfolds.

Machines that generate revolutionary scientific knowledge will make every other vista reachable.

Deep learning generates observations we can't explain. Is this the end of theory or a rallying cry for deep explanations?

Every model of information matching that’s based on the social graph assumes people share common interests. It isn’t true.

Three myths about artificial intelligence and its impact on content creators.

The industrialization of the internet is driven by the relentless pursuit of productivity advantages, not quality improvements.

The vision of the Semantic Web is alive and well, in the evolving ecosystem of intelligent assistants.

A single-character change highlights a massive strategic decision for Twitter.

A unique real-world experiment, powered by an AI, that highlights the rewards and challenges of treating people on Twitter like individuals…

Contextual knowledge is key to web-scale content discovery

How to recognize a hostile environment for your data-driven application

We don’t have this experience with real people, but content recommenders subject us to it every day. And the reason why may surprise you.

The personification of intelligent assistants isn’t just about their looks, it’s in how they behave. Can great technology rescue a bad idea…