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Getting stuff wrong is key to smarter artificial intelligence

To err is human, but we need to let machines fail sometimes too if we want them to cope with the real world

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Visions of the singularity: how smart can AI get?

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The many reasons why we love useless robots

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What game should artificial intelligence take on next?

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Evolution acting on older dads is protecting our genetic health

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Machines are teaching themselves to grapple with the real world

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How victory for Google’s Go AI is stoking fear in South Korea

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Skull of mini T. rex shows it gained intelligence before size

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Humans strike back: How Lee Sedol won a game against AlphaGo

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How Kinect cameras could prevent the next self-driving car crash

Tests with an autonomous golf cart show that the gaming accessory beats other systems at detecting small road obstacles

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Google AI program crushes Korean Go legend again in round two

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Puzzle game launched to help program quantum computers

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Watch the best human player take on the mighty AlphaGo AI at Go

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Does a machine beating a Go master mean human-like AI is close?

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