Artificial intelligence has the potential to develop game-changing ways to fight climate change — but only if we can find ways to cut its carbon emissions.| State of the Planet
Learning by example is one of the most powerful and mysterious forces driving intelligence, whether you’re talking about humans or machines. Think, for instance, of how children first learn to recognize letters of the alphabet or different animals. You simply have to show them enough examples of the letter B or a cat and before long, they can identify any instance of that letter or animal. The basic theory is that the brain is a trend-finding machine. When it’s exposed to examples, it can...| University of Michigan-Dearborn