Q&A with Professor of Computer Science: What Happens when AI Faces the Human Problem of Uncertainty?

What If the University Didn’t Fear the Machine? — Minding The Campus

In a recent Chronicle of Higher Education essay, philosopher Megan Fritts offered a stark meditation on her experience serving on a university artificial intelligence (AI) committee: “If this robot can write these books better than we can,” she writes, “then what are we doing here?” The question lingers not only for humanities professors defending their […] The post What If the University Didn’t Fear the Machine? appeared first on Minding The Ca…

Q&A with professor of computer science: What happens when AI faces the human problem of uncertainty?

In a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, the question of how machines make decisions under uncertain conditions grows more urgent every day.

What happens when artificial intelligence faces the human problem of uncertainty?

Questions that recently seemed merely philosophical are now front and center as we delegate increasingly complex decisions to AI. (Illustration/iStock) Share Science/Technology What happens when artificial intelligence faces the human problem of uncertainty? Q&A: In a world increasingly shaped by AI, how machines make decisions under uncertain conditions grows more important every day. USC’s Willie Neiswanger shares his expertise. July 23, 2…