Living with artificial intelligence: how do we get it right?

28 February 2018

Powerful AI聽needs to be reliably aligned with human values. Does this mean that AI will eventually have to police those values? Cambridge philosophers Huw Price and Karina Vold consider the trade-off between safety and autonomy in the era of superintelligence.

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Archaeology shows there's more to millet than birdseed

24 July 2017

Archaeological research shows that our prehistoric ancestors built resilience into their food supply. Now archaeologists say 鈥榝orgotten鈥 millet 鈥 a cereal familiar today as birdseed 鈥 has a role to play in modern crop diversity and in helping to feed the world鈥檚 population.

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Opinion: Mozambique's unexpected truce still hangs in the balance

20 January 2017

After four years of escalating civil conflict, a truce has unexpectedly arisen in Mozambique. But what are the chances of this ceasefire lasting, asks聽Justin Pearce, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Politics and International Studies & Research Associate of St John's College.

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Researcher Sanjie Jiang inside the 'flight arena' in the glasshouse of the Cambridge  探花直播 Botanic Garden.

Virus attracts bumblebees to infected plants by changing scent

11 August 2016

Study of bee-manipulating plant virus reveals a 鈥渟hort-circuiting鈥 of natural selection. Researchers suggest that replicating the scent caused by infection could encourage declining bee populations to pollinate crops 鈥 helping both bee and human food supplies.聽

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