Former Obama White House health policy advisor Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel discusses how cell phone and computer use in classrooms ...

According to John Timmer for Ars Technica, computer scientists not only taught a computer how to pretend to be a sniper hunting prey, they taught it how to teach itself to get better at its task. AND.

DeepCoder is a machine learning system that can write its own code. It does this using a technique called program synthesis. Essentially, it creates new programs by combining existing lines of ...

People being given time to learn has a multiplier effect of 7.2, enabling social and community-based learning comes in at 4.3, and technology being used to optimise learning outcomes at 3.3.

Computers are the same. Just as humans learn mostly through observation or trial and error, computers will have to go beyond supervised learning to reach the holy grail of human-level intelligence.

They are due to take the ECDL exam this month. ECDL is a basic qualification, which teaches pupils how to use a computer and helps enhance their career prospects.

"Learning how to use a computer has become as important as writing and reading in the classroom," says Alison Lane, an assistant professor of occupational therapy at Ohio State University.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — People who take a class on learn how to use a computer at the University of Hawaii Community Colleges may get a free refurbished laptop while supplies last. The classes start ...

In a competition designed to spur artificial intelligence, computers will play games without knowing any of the rules. Also: The bots of the future ... the bots of the present. Manny Frishberg ...