An algorithm makes it possible to measure the ... "Our software can build a 3D map of a simple, convex room with a precision of a few millimeters," explains PhD student Ivan Dokmanić.

(For more background, check out our first flowchart on "What is AI?" here.) Machine-learning algorithms use statistics ... many layers of simple computational nodes that work together to munch ...

In his book The Master Algorithm, Pedro Domingos offers a masterfully simple definition ... their jobs better by messing them up, sometimes very publicly. Those errors can be silly, as when ...