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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence

Friend or foe? Machine learning and how it is shaping our lives

05 May 2021
Taken from the May 2021 issue of Physics World where it first appeared under the headline "Judge, jury and AI-xecutioner".

Achintya Rao reviews A Citizen’s Guide to AI by John Zerilli and co-authors

Photos of a wolf and a husky side by side
Wolf or husky? Machine learning can be used to train algorithms to do specific tasks such as categorizing images. (Courtesy: iStock/KenCanning; iStock/MajaMitrovic)
“Can a robot write a symphony? Can a robot take a blank canvas and turn it into a masterpiece?”

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Achintya Rao is a freelance science communicator and writer, and is pursuing a PhD in science communication from the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, e-mail achintya@achintyarao.in
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