Technology
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How Talking Machines Got Their Voices
From the cockpit to consumer tech, synthetic voices shed light on gender biases -
Ping, You’ve Got Whale
A new AI system alerts ship captains in real-time when a whale is in their path -
Balloon-Borne Telescopes Take Off
Stratospheric balloons are giving astronomers sharper views of the universe -
Stephen Hawking’s Eternal Voice
The astrophysicist’s synthesized voice conveyed a self -
AI Is the Black Mirror
Why the kinship between artificial intelligence and the human mind is terrifying. -
Is Technology Worthy of Our Faith?
Harvard and MIT humanist chaplain Greg M. Epstein on his 3 greatest revelations while writing Tech Agnostic. -
Your Data’s Strange Undersea Voyage
The internet is a series of tubes. In the ocean. -
What AI Can Do for Your Country
Artificial intelligence could transform how the government works—but it’ll be a daunting transition. -
Speaking With Whales
AI could help us understand what whales are saying. But should we talk back? -
The March of the Mushroom Robots
Scientists are making mycelia-machine hybrids that can crawl and roll.
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In the Beginning, There Was Computation
Life is code, and code is life, in nature as it is in technology.
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Who’s Smarter: AI or a 5-Year-Old?
A faceoff between the most advanced large language model and a regular kid.
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A Snaky Use for CRISPR
Indiana Jones would love to hear about this new application for the gene-editing technology.
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Ray Kurzweil Still Lives in Utopia
The futurist doubles down on the Singularity in his latest book. -
A Reality Check on Superhuman AI
What’s missing from a bold new prediction of rapid progress in artificial intelligence. -
Color-Coding Crops for Climate Change
Novel ways to use gene-editing to make farming more sustainable. -
Why Animals Run Faster than Robots
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. -
Consciousness, Creativity, and Godlike AI
American writer Meghan O’Gieblyn on when the mind is alive.