They could also “turn off” their fear.
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U.S. particle physicists recently recommended a list of major research projects that they hope will receive federal funding.
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In the brain’s language-processing centers, some cells respond to one word, while others respond to strings of words together.
Generative AI — driven by large language models — has the potential to destroy or supercharge most businesses. Now is the time to pivot.
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AI can deliver a more equitable and prosperous future — if accompanied by ethical and responsible stewardship.
The new agency wants to push the boundaries of science and technology.
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We do not need to pause AI research. But we do need a pause on the public release of these tools until we can determine how to deal with them.
Unfortunately, the Lunar Ark project is an idea more at home in science fiction than science fact.
The book “The Genesis Machine” outlines the promise and peril of synthetic biology, a powerful tool that will allow us to program life like a computer.
AI-powered voice technology is poised to revolutionize the ways we do business.
A new “common-sense” approach to computer vision enables artificial intelligence that interprets scenes more accurately than other systems do.
Archaeologist Bernard Frischer spent decades uploading the ruins of the Eternal City to the cloud. Here’s what it looks like.
“If you’re training an AI to optimize for a task, and deception is a good way for it to complete the task, then there’s a good chance that it will use deception.”
Could anyone still meet the Theoretical Minimum?
The idea that consciousness emerges naturally alongside intelligence could be an anthropocentric distortion.
Merely 256 genetically engineered mice could make an island’s pest population go extinct.
“Ultimately, the choice rests with each individual: whether to take the convenient route of allowing AI to handle our critical thinking, or to preserve this essential cognitive process for ourselves.”
The Malling-Hansen writing ball, with its potential and limitations, redefined Nietzsche’s philosophical and creative expression.
From forgotten Hollywood movies to Frank Herbert’s “Dune,” science fiction illustrates some of our deepest fears about technology.
The game of Plinko perfectly illustrates chaos theory. Even with indistinguishable initial conditions, the outcome is always uncertain.
And is anyone protecting children’s data?
Perhaps we should be searching for “other Mercurys” rather than “other Earths.”
Topologists can’t tell donuts from coffee mugs, but their maps are revelatory nonetheless.
From “Thompson’s violinist” to the “Experience Machine,” these thought experiments will throw your mind for a loop.