Human-machine teaming dives underwater
The electricity to an island goes out. To find the break in the underwater power cable, a ship pulls up the entire…
Category: AI
Q&A: MIT SHASS and the future of education in the age of AI
The MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) was founded in 1950 in response to “a new era emerging from…
A philosophy of work
What makes work valuable? Michal Masny, the NC Ethics of Technology Postdoctoral Fellow in the MIT Department of Philosophy, investigates the role…
New technique makes AI models leaner and faster while they’re still learning
Training a large artificial intelligence model is expensive, not just in dollars, but in time, energy, and computational resources. Traditionally, obtaining a…
Helping data centers deliver higher performance with less hardware
To improve data center efficiency, multiple storage devices are often pooled together over a network so many applications can share them. But…
Evaluating the ethics of autonomous systems
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to help optimize decision-making in high-stakes settings. For instance, an autonomous system can identify a power…
Preview tool helps makers visualize 3D-printed objects
Designers, makers, and others often use 3D printing to rapidly prototype a range of functional objects, from movie props to medical devices.…
MIT researchers use AI to uncover atomic defects in materials
In biology, defects are generally bad. But in materials science, defects can be intentionally tuned to give materials useful new properties. Today,…
AI system learns to keep warehouse robot traffic running smoothly
Inside a giant autonomous warehouse, hundreds of robots dart down aisles as they collect and distribute items to fulfill a steady stream…
Wristband enables wearers to control a robotic hand with their own movements
The next time you’re scrolling your phone, take a moment to appreciate the feat: The seemingly mundane act is possible thanks to…