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Why AI Needs a Genome

AI could learn and adapt like humans with algorithms that work like genes.

December 7, 2021

Why AI Lags Behind the Human Brain in Computational Power

It might be more accurate to think of many of the brain’s 10 billion neurons as being deep networks, with five to eight layers in each one.

October 27, 2021

The Intelligent Life of Droids

If robots can be devious, self-righteous, and expressive, why not sentient?

March 3, 2021

Welcome to the Next Level of Bullshit

The language algorithm GPT-3 continues our descent into a post-truth world.

September 9, 2020

Could an AI Be Immortal?

Data is under attack and uploads his brain. Does he survive?

June 10, 2020

Superintelligent, Amoral, and Out of Control

AI is no longer playing games. Are we prepared?

April 22, 2020

Gaia Will Soon Belong to the Cyborgs

The father of the Gaia principle on the coming age of hyperintelligence.

March 4, 2020

It May Not Feel Like Anything To Be an Alien

Humans may have one thing that advanced aliens don’t—consciousness.

January 15, 2020

How to Predict Extreme Weather

Climate science is forging a more perfect union between humans and machines.

November 20, 2019

Would You Survive a Merger with AI?

The cost of brain enhancement may be your identity.

October 2, 2019

The Storytelling Computer

Artificial intelligence needs to think like the mythical trickster.

August 7, 2019