Issue #102 | Stanford University School of Engineering

Issue #102

Life in a screen-time world. | AdobeStock/local_doctor

Aug 20, 2020

Byron Reeves: What our screens tell us about us

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society

Widespread testing of incarcerated people who are asymptomatic is among the steps that could help end the outbreak. | Image by Adobe Stock/bibiphoto

Sep 23, 2020

Why prisons and jails have become COVID hotspots

Researchers developed a computational method for predicting unprecedented, extreme events, known as “black swan” events. | Getty Images

Aug 6, 2020

How do you predict unprecedented events?

Computation & Data, Technology & Society

Research shows advanced AI systems can learn linguistic principles on their own, similar to how human children learn languages. | iStock/z_wei

Aug 6, 2020

How AI systems use Mad Libs to teach themselves grammar

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Society