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In the "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," a London-based doctor in 1886 indulges in his worst instincts while transformed into the murderous Mr. Hyde. The classic work of gothic horror has much to teach us when deciding whether current advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are likely to be good (Dr. Jekyll) or bad (Mr. Hyde). Both the literary and technological references present the same answer...

The AI ethics and safety communities are at a crossroads that will determine whether they work together in the production of safer intelligent systems, or continue down separate conflicted paths.

I opportunistically recorded a video of a delivery robot that _almost immediately_ got into trouble. What follows is an introduction to the design elements of delivery robots, followed by how these elements produced and recovered from a series of unfortunate events.

As someone that turned down an offer to work on cashierless checkout four years ago, I was keen to learn how far the technology has come. What I found was a fascinating case study in designing the human environment for computer vision systems, and I also went home with several items that I didn't pay for...

A book review of a very timely book.