Using a machine-learning system known as a deep neural network, MIT researchers have created the first model that can identify a musical genre just like a human would.
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Famously unusual case studies that perplexed psychologists.
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Scientists have been probing our solar system for extraterrestrial life.
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Across the world, companies are experimenting with shorter workweeks — is it working?
The Department of Justice has reached a settlement with Defense Distributed in a landmark decision that will enable the controversial organization to publish CAD files of firearms on its DEFCAD website.
Instead of beating adversaries in games, we might learn more about intelligence if we tried to teach artificial agents to play together as we do: as paladins and elf rangers.
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At one point during the Neolithic era, the Y-chromosome in our species became far less diverse. Called the Neolithic bottleneck, the reason for it may have finally been revealed.
What is the danger in creating something smarter than you? You can’t control it, and pretty soon it could control you.
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Can artificial intelligence rival the animal kingdom? We compare the intelligence of four animals to current A.I. capabilities.
We know that excessive blue light is a problem. Now we know why.
It will take further study to confirm the star’s iron influx came from a planet or two, but the initial theory is quite compelling.