Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

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“Could you create a god?” Nietzsche's titular character asks in "Thus Spoke Zarathustra."
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With no reliable way to discern the author of an artwork, we may eventually abandon the question of whether something was made by humans or not.
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"Personhood" credentials could cleanse the internet of bots — but are the costs worth it?
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The integration of artificial intelligence into public health could have revolutionary implications for the global south—if only it can get online.
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“We can build AI scientists that are better than we are… these systems can be superhuman,” says the FutureHouse co-founder.
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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While we’re busy wondering whether machines will ever become conscious, we rarely stop to ask: What happens to us?
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Off-the-shelf consumer technology is helping people pursue their interests — and advancing science at the same time.
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AI software is rapidly accelerating chip design, potentially leveling up the speed of innovation across the economy.
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Oxford professor of ethics, John Tasioulas, thinks we should consider the loss of opportunity for “striving and succeeding” that AI is likely to bring.
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In the international competition, people with physical disabilities put state-of-the-art devices to the test as they race to complete the tasks of everyday life.
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A crowdsourced "final exam" for AI promises to test LLMs like never before. Here's how the idea, and its implementation, dooms us to fail.
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Hang on to something — or ride the wave — because three big tech trends are about to converge.
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The best autonomous car may be one you don’t even need to own.
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Man seeking meaningful relationship at the intersection of on-demand empathy and Rule 34.
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Artificial intelligence is much more than image generation and smart-sounding chatbots; it's also a Nobel-worthy endeavor rooted in physics!
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The first of these devices is already on the market — the AI-powered Ray-Bans from Meta.
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Hackers are in an arms race with cyber defenders. Will AI tip the balance?
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A simple plate of vegetables has found the gaping blindspots in generative AI, and points the way to fixing them.
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Mike Bechtel, chief futurist with Deloitte Consulting LLP, joins Big Think for a wide-ranging look at what’s next — and why.
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Why the road to self-driving vehicles is paved with smarter “dumb” cars.
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With the right prompts, large language models can produce quality writing — and make us question the limits of human creativity.
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Just eight of Etched’s Sohu chips could replace 160 Nvidia GPUs.
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Why human attempts to mechanize logic keep breaking down.
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