Deep learning

A new idea is helping to explain the puzzling success of today’s artificial-intelligence algorithms — and might also explain how human brains learn.

The physicist and curios collector hopes to reveal the hidden structure lurking in the subatomic world.

Computers can translate French and prove mathematical theorems. But can they make deep conceptual insights into the way the world works?

Computer scientist Stuart Russell wants to ensure that our increasingly intelligent machines remain aligned with human values.