Technology
The Damage We’re Not Attending To
Scientists who study complex systems offer solutions to the pandemic.
Superintelligent, Amoral, and Out of Control
AI is no longer playing games. Are we prepared?
Why I Built a Dumb Cell Phone with a Rotary Dial
You too can build a phone that feels good to use. Some soldering required.
Gaia Will Soon Belong to the Cyborgs
The father of the Gaia principle on the coming age of hyperintelligence.
The Forest Spirits of Today Are Computers
We’ve made an artificially panpsychic world, where technology and nature are one.
What Google Could Learn from a Fruit Fly
By tapping into life’s algorithms, scientists are finding elegant solutions to some of the hardest problems in computer science.
How to Predict Extreme Weather
Climate science is forging a more perfect union between humans and machines.
Google and IBM Clash Over Milestone Quantum Computing Experiment
Today Google announced that it achieved “quantum supremacy.” Its chief quantum computing rival, IBM, said it hasn’t. The disagreement hinges on what the term really means.
Omniviolence Is Coming and the World Isn’t Ready
Emerging bio-, nano-, and cyber-technologies are enabling criminals to target anyone, anywhere, at scale.



