Skip to main content current edition: International edition The Guardian - Back to home Become a supporter Subscribe Find a job Jobs Sign in Search Show More Close with google sign in become a supporter subscribe search find a job dating more from the guardian: change edition: edition International edition The Guardian - Back to home browse all sections close Artificial intelligence (AI) The Observer Seven ways that AI could be A-OK As artificial intelligence increases its influence on our lives, the talk is of job losses, self-driving car crashes, algorithms running amok. But there is an upside… The IntelligentX boffins ponder the computer’s latest beer recipe. -- Photograph: weare10x. com Artificial intelligence (AI) The Observer Seven ways that AI could be A-OK As artificial intelligence increases its influence on our lives, the talk is of job losses, self-driving car crashes, algorithms running amok. But there is an upside… Luke Dormehl Sun 7 Aug ‘16 06. -- 20 GMT Brewing you the perfect pint AI might be shaking up life as we know it, but like any good party guest, it’s about bringing the beers. That’s according to the work of London-based company IntelligentX, which is using artificial intelligence to brew the perfect pint. What makes IntelligentX’s beers smart is the speed at which the firm is able to respond to the changing tastes of customers – on a batch-by-batch basis. -- Facebook Twitter Pinterest A scene from Sunspring, a film written by AI. Writing the next blockbuster movie From Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey to last year’s Ex Machina (with Steven Spielberg’s AI somewhere in between) there have been plenty of films about artificial intelligence. But what about AI actually writing the films themselves? -- Facebook Twitter Pinterest The robotic equivalent of Ronaldo lines up a free kick at a RoboCup football competition. Photograph: Rex Being tomorrow’s sport stars Despite the fact that many AI researchers veer closer to the “geek” than the “jock” end of the spectrum, that doesn’t mean that the important factors in what makes someone proficient at sport aren’t of interest to those in artificial intelligence. Topics such as co-ordination, agility and evaluation of the available legal moves in a constantly shifting game are at the core of AI and robotics research.