Another trend in computers, the use of artificial intelligence ( AI) programs, gives computers the capability to learn from past events. Some AI programs are already being used to provide expert advice, control robots that learn, or to recognize objects by shape and size. Artificial intelligence programs are expected to give computers new capabilities for understanding the human voice and for interpreting a user's natural language responses to programs.

Published on Sep 27, 2013

How far have we come with Artificial Intelligence? Are there intelligent machines, or have we changed the world to allow dumb machines to behave intelligently?

Luciano Floridi is Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford. He is Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute and Fellow of St Cross College. He was previously Professor of Philosophy and UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics at the University of Hertfordshire.

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