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10 Human Body Modifications You Can Expect in the Next Decade
You are already a cyborg! Here's 10 ways you could merge even more with technology in the coming decade.
4 Reasons Why People Choose to Remain Ignorant
If you think we're talking about someone else, don't be so hasty. One study highlights how the vast majority of people choose ignorance over knowing.
The Arctic “Doomsday Vault” Just Got 50,000 New Members
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault holds the world’s largest collection of seeds, for safekeeping.
Industrial Revolution 2.0: First We Electrified, Then We Cognified
There's a new verb in town: cognify. We have far too much baggage with the word 'intelligence' so to fully embrace the second industrial revolution we need to start talking about artificial cognification.
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Elon Musk – 2 Things Humans Need to Do to Have a “Good Future”
Elon Musk, Sam Harris, Ray Kurzweil and other visionaries discuss AI superintelligence at a recent conference.
15 Things You’ll Do In Your Driverless Car
The driverless car is coming – but what will *you* being doing in your self-driving car? Robotic cars will give rise to a new ridership economy of on-the-go services and experiences.
Automation Nightmare: Philosopher Warns We Are Creating a World Without Consciousness
Philosopher and cognitive scientist David Chalmers warns about an AI-dominated future world without consciousness at a recent conference on artificial intelligence that also included Elon Musk, Ray Kurzweil, Sam Harris, Demis Hassabis and others.
Why Elon Musk Thinks We’re Already Cyborgs
A recent conference on the future of artificial intelligence features visionary debate between Elon Musk, Ray Kurzweil, Sam Harris, Nick Bostrom, David Chalmers, Jaan Tallinn and others.
AI Will Surpass Human Ability Before the Century Is Over
One day this century, a robot of super-human intelligence will offer you the chance to upgrade your mind, says AGI expert Ben Goertzel. Will you take it?
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Hey Bill Nye! What Technology Can We Expect to Have 50 Years From Now?
If we could jump 50 years into the future, what will our world look like? Flying cars? Hologram phones? Bill Nye sees two technological paths ahead – and we're in the fork between them at this very moment.
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Through AI, Humans Might Literally Create God
We are on the verge of something meaningful and incredible with emergent artificial intelligence, says Toni Lane Casserly. But which way will humanity steer it? As with any system, it's up to us.
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“Kids Born Today Will Never Get to Drive a Car,” Says a Top Engineer
Robots and AI are going to become an everyday part of life, but will that take away other everyday parts of life?
This Plane Can Go from New York to London in 20 Minutes
The Antipode may one day revolutionize your commute. It would be 10 times faster than the Concorde and take you across the ocean before you could finish an episode of The Simpsons.
Mark Zuckerberg Is the World’s Most Powerful Editor-in-Chief
Facebook can flip your digital identity on and off at the switch; that is way too much power for any corporation to have, says Oliver Luckett — and we handed it to them.
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Why Artificial Intelligence Still Stinks at Pattern Recognition
Artificial intelligence (AI) is not nearly as smart as we want it to be. Because we are not nearly as smart as we want to be.
Stephen Hawking Warns Humanity Has Less Than 1,000 Years Left on Earth
Stephen Hawking considers the future of humanity in a talk at Oxford University.
Alice, Bob, and Eve Are Neural Networks. And They Have Secrets.
Google’s Deep Brain team watched neural nets learn to develop their own encryption.
3D Printing Is Awesome, Says Bill Nye, But It’s Nothing Compared to What’s Coming
Bill Nye casts his mind to the future to give us a picture of how the descendants of our current 3D printing technology will change our ways and our world.
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What Do a Robot’s Dreams Look Like? Google Found Out
They may look odd, but it’s all part of Google’s plan to solve a huge issue in machine learning: recognizing objects in images.
Utopia is Creepy: The Agreeable Internet Leaves Us Unchallenged, Makes Us Unchallenging
According to Pulitzer prize-nominated writer Nicholas Carr the internet is a utopia in which we never have to confront anything. When technology and humanity intersect, how does it affect our brains, our intellect, and our ability to explore?
Listen to New Google AI Program Talk Like a Human and Write Music
Google's DeepMind creates AI that blows away existing speech synthesizers.
Hey Bill Nye! How Will We Know When to Believe a Time Traveler?
If someone comes back from the future, they ought to have packed one thing in their carry on: proof.
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Why the Pokemon Go Mania May Be Settling, Game Loses 10 Million Daily Active Users
The Pokemon Go craze is finally reaching an equilibrium. The game had a stellar run while it lasted, but over the last few weeks Pokemon Go has seen a steady drop-off in daily active users (DAUs).
Chatbots: The Simple Software That Could Remove Office Tedium
The saying in coding goes: if you have to do a job more than once, automate the task. Bots will one day unburden you from these tasks.
Economist: Brain Simulations Will Take Over the Government, and Our Jobs, within 100 Years
A noted economist and futurist Robin Hanson sees a civilization of brain simulations or "ems" rising within the next 100 years.
How Ancient Greece and Rome (But Definitely Not Britain) Inspired American Architecture
Wake up and smell the independence. Thomas Jefferson urged 18th century Americans to think of themselves not as colonial Englishmen, but as a new culture. To that end, he used architecture to serve as a visual reminder of America's proud new direction.
10 of Nikola Tesla’s Most Amazing Predictions
Many predictions by Nikola Tesla, one of the world's most celebrated inventors, have already come true and some might in the near future.
Norway to Ban Gas-Powered Cars by 2025. Will the U.S.?
Norway, Europe's largest petroleum producer, makes an unprecedented commitment to green energy.