Ada Lovelace’s skills with language, music, and needlepoint all contributed to her pioneering work in computing.
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Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.
It will be immensely difficult for the Bitcoin and Ethereum blockchains to protect their competitive edge if they do not pursue a radical change.
Functional complex systems arise from functional simple systems. Failing to heed this advice can and will lead to disaster.
Sophia, the humanoid robot, is not just mirroring emotions; she's leading a revolution in emotional intelligence.
Can quantum computers do things that standard, classical computers can't? No. But if they can calculate faster, that's quantum supremacy.
To make a ton of information stick in your mind, you have to make it chunky.
Large language models are an impressive advance in AI, but we are far away from achieving human-level capabilities.
According to surveys, approximately half of artificial intelligence experts believe that general AI will emerge by 2060.
We spend much of our early years learning arithmetic and algebra. What's the use?
Historically, periods of mass flourishing are underpinned by technological revolutions. Currently, we are undergoing a technological revolution unlike anything the world has ever seen.
Higher education faces challenges that are unlike any other industry. What path will ASU, and universities like ASU, take in a post-COVID world?
Sophists used rhetoric and debate to arrive at practical truths.
Fear-mongering is now a billion-dollar industry.
Is information the fifth form of matter?
We found 10 video games that kids will love (and they'll secretly be learning, too).
Sometimes you have to take the road less traveled.
Virtual borders have also been subtly dividing the world
What does the power of the online mob hold for tyranny and conformity?
A primer on the amazing possibilities of mixed reality, augmented reality, and virtual reality technology.
It's the dawn of a new age. AI, VR, and robotics are creating the future that science-fiction writers have dreamed about.
The Big Think+ team is thrilled to present 20 brand new videos! How does an astronaut bridge cultural divide? This month, take new perspectives on the interesting world we work […]
A review of 33 trials confirms that loading your body does your brain good.
Another week, another wild round of comments from our Facebook audience. Some made us laugh. Some made us cry. Here's the best of the week.
The thinking behind Turing Machines and "universal systems," is being extended to build a new kind of physics. “Constructor Theory,” is being developed by David Deutsch and Chiara Marletto to better explain life. It even suggests why morality arose.
Sorry to all you ‘Flash’ fans out there; it’s not reality yet. This article was written by Sabine Hossenfelder. Sabine is a theoretical physicist specialized in quantum gravity and high energy […]
Not faster than 299,792,458 m/s, but faster than light moves through anything other than vacuum! “You are both fools. You cannot see thoughts, or angels. One is an abstract, the other […]
If you’re one of the 85,000 readers who took the three-question quiz I posted last week, chances are you answered some items incorrectly. Like some of my smart, accomplished friends and family […]
The human capacity for reason may be fragile and partial but it is not belied by studies in which large percentages of subjects answer a few tricky questions incorrectly.