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How I Taught My Computer to Write Its Own Music
I wanted to build the ideal collaborator. Was I ever surprised.
The Future of the Web Is 100 Years Old
In the debate between structure and openness, 19th-century ideas are making a comeback.
How ISIS Broke My Questionnaire
I felt the impact of an attack by the terrorist group. So why didn’t my research data?
The Man Who Tried to Redeem the World with Logic
Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.
Why Are You So Smart? Thank Your Mom & Your Difficult Birth
Our inability to care for ourselves as babies is a key to the genius of our species.
Ingenious: Ken Goldberg
Creative robots, the Kurzweil fallacy, and what it means to be human.