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Alan Turing and Christopher Strachey created a ground-breaking computer program that allowed them to express affection vicariously when so doing publicly, as gay men, was criminal.

Cognitive psychologist and poet Keith Holyoak explores whether artificial intelligence could ever achieve poetic authenticity.

It’s knowledgeable, confident, and behaves human-like in many ways. But it’s not magic that powers AI though; it’s just math and data.

With no reliable way to discern the author of an artwork, we may eventually abandon the question of whether something was made by humans or not.

It will be immensely difficult for the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains to protect their competitive edge if they do not pursue a radical change.

Artificial intelligence is much more than image generation and smart-sounding chatbots; it’s also a Nobel-worthy endeavor rooted in physics!

A crowdsourced “final exam” for AI promises to test LLMs like never before. Here’s how the idea, and its implementation, dooms us to fail.

It’s been 65 years since Richard Feynman saw “plenty of room” in the nano-world. Are we finally getting down there?

“We should be informed and educated about the risks of AI, but we can’t be afraid,” Khan Academy founder Sal Khan told Big Think.

Ada Lovelace’s skills with language, music, and needlepoint all contributed to her pioneering work in computing.

With the right prompts, large language models can produce quality writing — and make us question the limits of human creativity.

We may be on the brink of finally seeing human-level intelligence in an AI — thanks to robots.

Temple Grandin’s story reveals how embracing neurodiversity can lead to groundbreaking innovations and more successful teams.

Many expect AI to follow a familiar pattern — technological disruption followed by adaptation — but what are we losing in return?

The engineer working on Google’s AI, called LaMDA, suffers from what we could call Michelangelo Syndrome. Scientists must beware hubris.

At the turn of the millennium, a physicist fooled the global scientific community with the greatest discovery that never existed.

Your life’s memories could, in principle, be stored in the universe’s structure.

To make a ton of information stick in your mind, you have to make it chunky.

Cryo-electron tomography, or cryo-ET, is the future of cell research.

An average undergraduate student in physics is better than the AI.

The old linear job model is obsolete. Our post-pandemic work lives are defined by options and flexibility.

“Personhood” credentials could cleanse the internet of bots — but are the costs worth it?

American students are being compelled to specialize earlier and earlier. Here’s what it takes to build a successful physics foundation.

Large language models are an impressive advance in AI, but we are far away from achieving human-level capabilities.

The key to its success lies not in its understanding of technology, but in its understanding of human nature.

As the stream of AI-generated art turns into a deluge, NFTs could become a cornerstone of the Virtual Renaissance.

Forgetfulness isn’t always a “glitch” in our memories; it can be a tool to help us make sense of the present and plan for the future.

Driven by a childhood marked by war and environmental devastation, Dyhia Belhabib developed an innovative technology to combat illegal fishing.

In his new book, the popular science writer tells the story of how scientists discovered the “gaseous ocean” we all swim in — and the trillions of invisible life forms we share it with.

If you’re trying to break a bad habit or start a good one, psychologists have some tips.