Technology
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Even Machine Brains Need Sleep
Without some downtime, artificial neural networks become catastrophically forgetful.
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Cultivating Joy in Science
A chemist and educational activist on helping Black girls believe in themselves.
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The Ghostwriter
In a work of fiction, holograms and memory collide.
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The Interim CEO of Black Girls CODE on the Importance of Self-Belief
For the month of February, the Nautilus Marketing Team will feature interviews with organizations and institutions working to increase opportunities for young Black people to imagine and succeed in STEM career paths—and we’ll donate 10 percent of all new member subscriptions toward their initiatives. Black representation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields totaled […]
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Why Science Needs Diversity
Wilbur Walters’ mission: To use the platform of STEM to transform communities.
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Researchers Discover a More Flexible Approach to Machine Learning
“Liquid” neural nets, based on a worm’s nervous system, can transform their underlying algorithms on the fly, giving them unprecedented speed and adaptability.
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How AI Can Prompt Your Inner Artist
A cognitive scientist on the pleasures of generative image programs.
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ChatGPT Is a Mirror of Our Times
What language AIs make up for in efficiency they lack in humanity.
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Will Neurotech Force Us to Update Human Rights?
One question for Nita Farahany, a philosopher at Duke University.
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Don’t Worry If Your Kids Aren’t Polite to Alexa
The ubiquitous AI assistants are gathering huge amounts of data on them.
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AI Is Terrible at Detecting Misinformation. It Doesn’t Have to Be
A look at Elon Musk’s predicament at Twitter, and how AI might help.
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Making Sense of Big Ocean Data
Ocean conservation science is experiencing a data explosion—but can we utilize it properly?
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We’ve Got News for You About Supercharging Your Brain
Today’s brain-computer interfaces perform medical miracles. Beyond the clinic is another story.
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A New Doorway to the Brain
Neuroscientists can now explore the “wild west” in our heads in incredible detail—a boon to medicine and understanding what makes us tick.
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The Chess Cheat in the 21st Century
If only the 18th-century hoaxer could see his “Mechanical Turk” now.
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Why Are People Biased Against New Technology?
One question for Matthew Fisher, a psychologist at Southern Methodist University.
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Is Tesla’s New Humanoid Robot “Optimus” an AI Gamechanger?
One question for Animesh Garg, a computer scientist at the University of Toronto.
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Should NASA Have Its Own Spaceship to Compete with SpaceX and Blue Origin?
One Question for Lori Garver, former deputy administrator of NASA.
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Moving Beyond Mimicry in Artificial Intelligence
What makes pre-trained AI models so impressive—and potentially harmful.
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Researchers Gain New Understanding From Simple AI
Language processing programs are notoriously hard to interpret, but smaller versions can provide important insights into how they work.
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Robots Show Us Who We Are
What can we learn from machines with imagination and culture?
