Analog could serve as "always-on" computing, while digital is turned on only when necessary.
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Theoretical physics professor Michio Kaku outlines the evolution of computers from analog to digital and introduces quantum computers as the next frontier.
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Can quantum computers do things that standard, classical computers can't? No. But if they can calculate faster, that's quantum supremacy.
Nature may not allow us full access to the weirdness of quantum mechanics.
Here in the 21st century, quantum computing is quickly going from a dream to a reality. But what's hype, and what's actually true?
The brain-computer interface will be tested in a six-year trial in patients with quadriplegia.
It could perform a speech recognition task with 78% accuracy.
The science fiction dream of a traversable wormhole is no closer to reality, despite a quantum computer's suggestive simulation.
“You’re not meant to understand what I just said, because I don’t understand what I just said…” Physicist Brian Cox on one of the most complex theories in space science.
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Cognitive psychologist and poet Keith Holyoak explores whether artificial intelligence could ever achieve poetic authenticity.
What if AI could tell us we have cancer before we show a single symptom? Steve Quake, head of science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, explains how AI can revolutionize science.
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Philosophy is often seen as little more than armchair speculation. This is a shame, as philosophy often has helped science reach new heights.
How World War II codebreaker Alan Turing invented modern AI.
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Science fiction movies capture a classic human flaw: getting the future mostly wrong.
The future of healthcare may bring powerful collaborations between AI and medical professionals.
Computers are growing more powerful and more capable, but everything has limits
Brain-computer interfaces could enable people with locked-in syndrome and other conditions to "speak."
It will be immensely difficult for the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains to protect their competitive edge if they do not pursue a radical change.
The simulation hypothesis is fun to talk about, but believing it requires an act of faith.
Frontier, the ORNL supercomputer, used machine learning to perform 9.95 quintillion calculations per second.
Perhaps wormholes will no longer be relegated to the realm of science fiction.
Jimena Canales shares the “demons” that shaped computer science.
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Large language models are an impressive advance in AI, but we are far away from achieving human-level capabilities.
A University of Oxford professor explains how conscious machines are possible.
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Lasers, mirrors, and computational advances can all work together to push ground-based astronomy past the limits of our atmosphere.
If you guessed “staying up all night to play video games,” you’d be right.
Space weather poses a tremendous threat to all satellites, knocking all computer systems offline. Is that a recipe for Kessler syndrome?
That scary swirling void from which nothing can escape is our perfect universal translation tool.
Flexible organic circuits might someday hook right into your head.
What Shark Tank pitches, Sundance films, and unusual sandwiches show us about our choices.