HAI Blog
AI’s Carbon Footprint Problem
July 2nd, 2020
Machine learning generates far more carbon emissions than most people realize. A Stanford team has developed a tool to...
Law, Regulation, and Policy
Machine Learning
Transportation and AI: Building Safe Systems in the Air and on the Road
July 2nd, 2020
Advances in artificial intelligence are leading to greater autonomy and improved safety in systems ranging from air...
Automation and Robotics
Universities and Tech Giants Back National Cloud Computing Project
June 30th, 2020
Education
Law, Regulation, and Policy
Machine Learning
Scientific Discovery
Shaping Human Creativity at a Massive Scale
June 26th, 2020
HAI fellow Pamela Chen studies how creators harness AI to go viral on social platforms and why we need to question the...
Arts and Humanities
Machine Learning
How Work Will Change Following the Pandemic
June 24th, 2020
Machine learning and remote work will shift the skills that employees need and managers want.
Automation and Robotics
Economy and Markets
HAI Fellow Kate Vredenburgh: The Right to an Explanation
June 24th, 2020
Do we have a right to know how AI makes decisions affecting our lives? A political philosopher shares her perspective.
Ethics and Justice
Inescapable Logics and Unresolvable Tensions: The Challenges of Tech Industry Ethics Owners
June 18th, 2020
The people responsible for setting a tech company's ethics practices face ideological roadblocks.
Ethics and Justice
Governments Aren’t Yet Serious About AI’s Risk to Human Rights
June 11th, 2020
In the rush to develop national strategies on artificial intelligence, a new report finds, most governments pay lip...
Ethics and Justice
Governance
A Simulated Playground for Robots
June 11th, 2020
Stanford’s iGibson offers safe and realistic training for intelligent agents.
Automation and Robotics
Emerging Models To Track and Prevent COVID-19
June 4th, 2020
At a recent HAI conference, experts suggest new market structures for vaccine development and machine learning tools to...
Healthcare
After COVID: The Future of Work, the Shifting Labor Market, and the Need for Safe 2020 Elections
June 4th, 2020
Experts examine the economic and social ramifications of COVID during a Stanford HAI conference.
Economy and Markets
Healthcare