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A look at what could be if we ignore the doomers and make the most of AI.
Some sci-fi aliens are wildly implausible. Others aren’t so far-fetched.
The case for robotaxis on the water.
Leaders in China hope that AI and robotics can finally resolve the flaws of a centralized planned economy. But US technoculture has an edge.
In this excerpt from "The Shortest History of AI," Toby Walsh explores the history of the Logic Theorist, the first AI to prove mathematical theorems.
Rivals may try to outnumber us with fleets of cheap vessels. Our path is to out-innovate them.
Are you ready for the “cybernetic corporation”? Amir Husain “profiles” the hottest company of 2035 — and makes a telling comparison with Nvidia.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
One of the most original and optimistic thinkers in America sketches some big ideas about what's possible with AI in the next 25 years.
By looking outside the current wave of hype, we can create a framework for weighing up the practical impact of AI on any business.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Chetan Dube — founder and CEO of Quant — tells Big Think why a pivotal and monumental year for agentic AI has just begun.
It’s been 65 years since Richard Feynman saw “plenty of room” in the nano-world. Are we finally getting down there?
By looking back at future dreams we can see our current hopes and visions in a whole new light.
“We can build AI scientists that are better than we are… these systems can be superhuman,” says the FutureHouse co-founder.
In the international competition, people with physical disabilities put state-of-the-art devices to the test as they race to complete the tasks of everyday life.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
As creatures and machines meld together in increasingly advanced forms, ethicists are starting to take note.
The military is courting tech startups to help it win the AI arms race.
If the past is any guide, things are going to take off quickly.
What would it take to create a truly intelligent microbot, one that can operate independently?
Implanting machine components into human bodies, argues one scholar, could make for a better society.
We may be on the brink of finally seeing human-level intelligence in an AI — thanks to robots.
People who have a regional accent might prefer robots who speak like them over generic voices.
Its creators hope the technology will help people meaningfully connect with the external world.
NASA gave three robots plans for a moon shelter, and the robots figured out how to build it.
Meta and NYU’s robot can navigate and clean rooms it’s never seen before.
HaptX gloves provide high-fidelity touch feedback of virtual spaces (and they look cool, too).