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Here’s How We’ll Know an AI Is Conscious

An AI’s answer to this question can reveal its inner life—or lack thereof.

March 4, 2019

Yuval Noah Harari Is Worried About Our Souls

The big-data makeover of humanity could be a recipe for disaster.

December 26, 2018

Why Robot Brains Need Symbols

We’ll need both deep learning and symbol manipulation to build AI.

December 5, 2018

The New Tech of Relationships

Three stories of our new alliance with technology.

December 5, 2018

The $100 Million Bot Heist

The story of the world’s most-wanted cybercriminal.

November 28, 2018

We Need an FDA For Algorithms

UK mathematician Hannah Fry on the promise and danger of an AI world.

October 29, 2018

The Selfish Dataome

Does the data we produce serve us, or vice versa?

October 24, 2018

Blood Spatter Will Tell

How the science of blood spatter forensics is evolving.

July 17, 2018