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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.