Technology
Mere Minutes With AI Causes a Sharp Drop in Persistence
How much cognitive offloading is too much?
A Recipe to Stop AI from Going Rogue
This formula aims to prevent LLMs from doing things that endanger humans
Creating Fake People is a Terrible Idea
So why is a company pursuing digital avatars with such gusto?
Human Vision Has Quirks That AI Can’t Match
Your robot butler can’t do a Magic Eye poster… yet
Where Did the “Social Magic” Go?
A conversation with an Icelandic sociologist about the paradox of connection in our digital age
“Morally Binding” AI Safety Pledge Mocked
AI Safety experts seem to agree the companies can’t self-regulate, and the new White House accord lacks teeth
Who Is Claude Trying to Kid?
Confessing to being mechanical is the most mechanical trick of all
Isaac Asimov Showed Us How to Avoid the AI Apocalypse
But the famed sci-fi author’s 80-year-old rules of robotics may need some updating
Can AI “Feel” Pain?
Simulated pain can make some AI models override instructions and put their own welfare ahead of humans
What Grok and Claude Have to Say about the AI Apocalypse
A maniacal villain and a polite librarian on the risk that AI could end humanity
A Process Made for Mars is Now Uncovering Ancient Art on Earth
And you can even run it on your own phone
