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Waiting For the Robot Rembrandt

What needs to happen for artificial intelligence to make fine art.

January 18, 2018

How Darknet Sellers Build Trust

The Amazon for drug dealing is built around user reviews.

December 14, 2017

The Bitcoin Paradox

Why cryptocurrency will always be political.

December 8, 2017

Are Algorithms Building the New Infrastructure of Racism?

How we use big data can reinforce our worst biases—or help fix them.

December 5, 2017

Why a Hedge Fund Started a Video Game Competition

The chief technology officer of one of the world’s largest hedge funds talks data.

November 27, 2017

How to Teach Science with Sugar and Cream

High school teachers are bringing ice cream into the lab.

November 2, 2017

Ideology Is the Original Augmented Reality

How we fill gaps in our everyday experiences.

October 26, 2017

Is There an Ideal Amount of Income Inequality?

A conversation with this month’s Ingenious, Venkat Venkatasubramanian.

September 25, 2017

Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Your Free Will

How the attention economy is subverting our decision-making and our democracy.

September 20, 2017

Google Thought I Was a Man

How Facebook and Google build a picture of who you really are.

September 9, 2017