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Will Humans Be Able to Control Computers That Are Smarter Than Us?

Let’s consider the fear that once surrounded another powerful technology: recombinant DNA.

February 20, 2015

Moore’s Law Is About to Get Weird

Never mind tablet computers. Wait till you see bubbles and slime mold.

January 29, 2015

The Future of the Web Is 100 Years Old

In the debate between structure and openness, 19th-century ideas are making a comeback.

January 29, 2015

The Man Who Tried to Redeem the World with Logic

Walter Pitts rose from the streets to MIT, but couldn’t escape himself.

January 29, 2015

Robots Can’t Dance

Why the singularity is greatly exaggerated.

January 21, 2015

Ingenious: Ken Goldberg

Creative robots, the Kurzweil fallacy, and what it means to be human.

January 20, 2015