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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 Math of the Amazing Sandpile

To understand self-organization in nature, behold the sandpile.

October 6, 2021

The Intelligent Life of Droids

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

March 3, 2021

Why Computers Will Never Write Good Novels

The power of narrative flows only from the human brain.

February 10, 2021

The Doctor Will Sniff You Now

Step aside, Dr. House, Deep Nose will one day be the best diagnostician in medicine.

February 3, 2021

How to Fix the Vaccine Rollout

A computational biologist charts a fair and efficient course for vaccine distribution.

January 20, 2021

I Built My Own Artificial Neural Network

With a little help from one of the 2024 Nobel Prize Winners in Physics.

September 29, 2020

Welcome to the Next Level of Bullshit

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

September 9, 2020