Technology
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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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Deep Learning Is Hitting a Wall
What would it take for artificial intelligence to make real progress?
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Deepfake Luke Skywalker Should Scare Us
The power to create convincing deepfake icons could destabilize society.
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The Uncanny Valley of Xenobots
These tiny living robots can now replicate and evolve—and be put to work.
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AI Overcomes Stumbling Block on Brain-Inspired Hardware
Algorithms that use the brain’s communication signal can now work on analog neuromorphic chips, which closely mimic our energy-efficient brains.
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AI Is Already Making Moral Choices for Us. Now What?
Delphi uses machine learning to tell us right from wrong—and much in between.
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The Worrisome Rise of NFTs
An astrobiologist says non-fungible tokens do not bode well for our species’s future.
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Why AI Needs a Genome
AI could learn and adapt like humans with algorithms that work like genes.