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A prolonged strike could cost the economy between $500 million to $4.5 billion per day.

The future of healthcare may bring powerful collaborations between AI and medical professionals.

The first in a series of short stories by the Hugo- and Nebula-winning author that inspired the cult hit “Pantheon.”

Humanity is a type 0 civilization. Here’s what types 1, 2, and 3 look like, according to physicist Michio Kaku.

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

Scientists are probing the head games that influence athletic performance, from coaching to coping with pressure.

Acclaimed writer Mauro Javier Cárdenas used AI in his latest work to surprising effect.

Computers are growing more powerful and more capable, but everything has limits

The simulation hypothesis is fun to talk about, but believing it requires an act of faith.

A University of Oxford professor explains how conscious machines are possible.

Participants’ brains revealed they were doing a kind of “neural replay” of the game they had been manipulated to win.

He peppers his sentences with words like “neat” and “cool,” he’s not great at working the room after dinner — oh, and he’s a peerless visionary.

Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.

A National Center for Data and Evidence could supplement our archaic and expensive system and more accurately measure AI’s impact on jobs.

Just eight of Etched’s Sohu chips could replace 160 Nvidia GPUs.

That scary swirling void from which nothing can escape is our perfect universal translation tool.

In history, every major technological advance has been used, for good and bad.

The future belongs to complexity.

Our minds seem both physical and intangible. That paradox has gripped this neuroscientist since childhood.

Groundbreaking invention does not always translate to commercial benefits. The challenges that faced Microsoft Research help explain why.

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

An approach based on collaboration and empathy can place “connection with people” at the heart of AI’s purpose.

Astronomer Adam Frank reflects on some responses to his recent appearance on the Lex Fridman Podcast.

And can we run the grid of the future without AI?

Big Think talks to Konrad Feldman — founder of advertising tech innovator Quantcast.

Perhaps wormholes will no longer be relegated to the realm of science fiction.

The meaning of the cryptic text has eluded scholars for centuries. Their latest efforts include computational analyses seeking new insights into the medieval enigma.

Galaxies don’t simply feed their central supermassive black holes, but the activity generated inside affects the entire galaxy and more.

Jimena Canales shares the “demons” that shaped computer science.

Neuroscientist and author Bobby Azarian explores the idea that the Universe is a self-organizing system that evolves and learns.