British computing luminary Alan Turing predicted that by the year 2000, computers would be able to engage humans in conversation while seeming more like fellow humans than computers.
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Brad Templeton argues that we’re all a part of a surveillance apparatus that would even be beyond the imagination George Orwell.
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Half of computer programmers surveyed by the Financial Times expect machines to outsmart humans by 2040, and a stunning 90 percent expect this “superinteliigence” to emerge by 2075.
When you work, do you often use a computer? If the answer is yes, then the specific answer is: you use a classical computer. That is what your machine is […]
Dollar A Day enables its subscribers to support a different non-profit organization every day — automatically. Subscribers are charged $30 each month (all tax-deductible) and the money is distributed evenly to a portfolio of non-profits registered in the U.S.
It’s only a matter of time before another star has a close encounter with our Solar System. How long do we have? “From an incandescent mass we have originated, and […]
Every so often, an individual comes forward with a completely original idea that changes how we view the world, starting as if from nowhere, without relying on the gains of the past.
“I force people to have coffee with me, just because I don’t trust that a friendship can be maintained without any other senses besides a computer or cellphone screen.” – John Cusack
According to researchers at the intersection of psychology and education, i.e. measuring the way we learn, tests may be most beneficial before students have learned any of the material on them.
According to Duolingo founder Luis von Ahn, 800 million poor people around the world are trying to learn English to better themselves and improve their economic conditions. But most language lessons are expensive. His solution: Duolingo, a free app that runs on smartphones and computers.
Swedish scientists have found that learning a new language has a significant effect on the brain and improves language skills as a whole.
In just four years, the experimental research wing of the US military, named DARPA, plans to market a medical device that can recover lost memories.
It’s how the big kids use the Internet of things that can really affect global trends like machine efficiency standards, corporate profits, and the advance of computer technology.
Thanks to advantages in facial recognition technology and natural language analysis, virtual therapists can “understand” humans better than ever before.
It’s not a surprise that making the most out of your college investment means choosing an optimal field of study. What may be surprising is that smoe seemingly successful majors don’t actually pay that well.
This weekend, the Geminids arrive, and promise to be the best meteor shower of the entire year! “Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing […]
The concept of wearable computing is undeniably compelling. I myself have been totally seduced by the promise that these strap-on computers can and will lead us toward a better and […]
Technology innovator Stephen Wolfram argues that the universe may function less like a math equation and more like a computer program, demonstrating extremely complex behavior which could be based on relatively simple lines of natural code.
What every middle-to-high schooler should know. Image credit: Bayside STEM academy, via Stanford at https://ed.stanford.edu/news/new-design-thinking-curriculum-targets-middle-school-students. “Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time […]
The billions of dollars spent on new technology have produced data that is “pretty weak”, according to Tom Vander Ark, the former executive director for education at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
When levels of prosperity in a given country increase, women are more likely to benefit from improvements to education institutions. Any cognitive differences between men and women are not solely inherited.
The app is the TurboTax of the Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program, asking users application questions in a more familiar language than the legalese of official documents.
For the all the hullabaloo that accompanied Deep Blue’s famous triumph over Russian chess grandmaster Gary Kasparov, there remains a strategy game at which humans remain undefeated.
Interestingly, what we know about human psychology may make Watson as valuable an asset in the room as its ability to perform natural language analysis and complex mathematical calculations.
Mothers are grateful for the opportunity to be in an adult context and to reclaim their identity that is not limited to motherly responsibilities: feeding, cleaning, and clothing someone who can’t take care of themselves.
When IBM Chief Accessibility Officer Frances West sat down at a recent screening of “Gone Girl,” she immediately realized that something was wrong. In the opening credits, there were “names […]
Long used to identify criminals and missing children, facial recognition may soon be used by physicians to map a patient’s aging and estimate his/her lifespan. As you may imagine, insurance companies are following the developing technology very closely.
Better models of our nature are needed. Freud’s ideas, though discredited by many, still haunt the arts, and exert influence within science. Three ideas buried in Steven Pinker’s book about declining violence can help.
BIC, more famous for making ballpoint pens than computer fonts, is developing a “universal typeface” created by averaging the penmanship of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.