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Stupid AI: How humans can stop machines from falling for visual tricks

Technology

Stupid AI: How humans can stop machines from falling for visual tricks

Adversarial images that trick computers into seeing what isn’t there are a big problem for AI – but mimicking human perception might provide a fix

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Humans

People are more clued up about science than you might think

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Life

Honeybee swarms act like superorganisms to stay together in high winds

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AI tries bad improv comedy to trick people into thinking it is human

Technology

AI tries bad improv comedy to trick people into thinking it is human

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Life

Birds can learn to understand the meanings of other species' calls

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Technology

Artificial intelligence is about to revolutionise warfare. Be afraid

Features

The Martians have landed in London, and they're hogging the camera

Space

The Martians have landed in London, and they're hogging the camera

Culture

A volcano on Flores

Humans

Volcanic eruption may have helped drive real-life hobbits extinct

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Environment

Moose and sheep pass down their migration routes through culture

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Technology

AIs are being tested to see how well they understand our thoughts

A new set of demanding tests for artificial intelligence has been created to probe its theory of mind. No AI has passed it yet, but one was extremely close

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Life

A species of fish has passed the mirror test for the first time

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Technology

The real danger of deepfake videos is that we may question everything

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Technology

AI can make high-definition fake videos from just a simple sketch

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Life

The most trusted meerkats are those with impeccable reputations

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