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Would You Survive a Merger with AI?

The cost of brain enhancement may be your identity.

October 2, 2019

Computers and Humans ‘See’ Differently. Does It Matter?

In some ways, machine vision is superior to human vision. In other ways, it may never catch up.

September 20, 2019

The Storytelling Computer

Artificial intelligence needs to think like the mythical trickster.

August 7, 2019

Who Will Design the Future?

AI will be staggeringly diverse. Its developers should be, too.

July 29, 2019

Quantum Supremacy Is Coming: Here’s What You Should Know

Researchers are getting close to building a quantum computer that can perform tasks a classical computer can’t. Here’s what the milestone will mean.

July 20, 2019

WeChat Is Watching

Living in China with the app that knows everything about me.

June 11, 2019

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