Emerging Tech
The new corporate landscape demands an approach to leadership based on empowering the “inner CEO.”
Can AI-powered “answer engines” replace the 10 blue links model?
Hypersonic aircraft can fly at least five times the speed of sound. They would make for terrifying weapons.
The Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will have a light-collecting power 10 times greater than today’s best telescope.
Cam Lawrence — CEO of international venture platform Newlab — joins Big Think Business to discuss his strategic vision for climate tech.
Our relationship with chatbots is undergoing a sea change — here’s how the transformation will most affect you and your team.
The military is courting tech startups to help it win the AI arms race.
A golden new era of business is within our reach — provided that we harness AI’s potential while mitigating the risks.
Architecture in the age of AI — argues professor Nayef Al-Rodhan — should embed philosophical inquiry in its transdisciplinary toolkit.
Smart glasses have flopped before. AI could finally make them mainstream.
Kurzweil predicts that AI will combine with biotechnology to defeat degenerative diseases this decade. Then things will get really interesting.
The evolution of quantum technology is far from over.
Hunger rates are rising. These technologies could turn the tide.
A look back at the rise of solar power in the US and what’s next.
“By 2040, we hope to see a number of new drugs that have been designed with AI reaching patients.”
To know how to protect its astronauts, NASA needs to first understand the threat.
Freethink asks three different kinds of experts to answer this question.
The preservation and celebration of life, and not greed, should be our primary decision-making value.
The threats Mars astronauts face — and how NASA is working to solve them.
We will believe in AGI when it calls on Facetime.
Profluent’s new platform is like ChatGPT for genetic technology.
Finally, an AI that can drive a digital car as a goat.
Joe Betts-LaCroix — co-founder and CEO of Retro Biosciences — talks to Big Think about invention, authenticity, and Sam Altman’s “art of the startup.”
If the past is any guide, things are going to take off quickly.
Six visionary science fiction authors on the social impact of their work.
It’s 50% stronger than comparable materials used in aerospace.
What would it take to create a truly intelligent microbot, one that can operate independently?
“Stargate” could be used to train the world’s most powerful AIs.
Making up false information is one of the biggest problems with AI, but there are no silver-bullet solutions.