"Personhood" credentials could cleanse the internet of bots — but are the costs worth it?

The integration of artificial intelligence into public health could have revolutionary implications for the global south—if only it can get online.

“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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While we’re busy wondering whether machines will ever become conscious, we rarely stop to ask: What happens to us?

Off-the-shelf consumer technology is helping people pursue their interests — and advancing science at the same time.

AI software is rapidly accelerating chip design, potentially leveling up the speed of innovation across the economy.

Oxford professor of ethics, John Tasioulas, thinks we should consider the loss of opportunity for “striving and succeeding” that AI is likely to bring.

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.

“What happens if you incorporate an AI? It's now a legal person, and it can make decisions by itself. So you start having legal persons in the U.S., which are not human, and in many ways are more intelligent than us.”

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.

Hang on to something — or ride the wave — because three big tech trends are about to converge.

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!

The first of these devices is already on the market — the AI-powered Ray-Bans from Meta.

Hackers are in an arms race with cyber defenders. Will AI tip the balance?

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.

Why the road to self-driving vehicles is paved with smarter “dumb” cars.

Eric Siegel, Co-Founder & CEO, Gooder AI, argues machine learning (ML) projects go astray because their stakeholders focus too often on the technological fireworks — the “rocket science” of predictive models.

When AI eats its own product, it gets sick.

How can ancient philosophical wisdom guide us in ensuring that artificial intelligence enhances human flourishing rather than diminishing it?

With the right prompts, large language models can produce quality writing — and make us question the limits of human creativity.

Just eight of Etched’s Sohu chips could replace 160 Nvidia GPUs.

Why human attempts to mechanize logic keep breaking down.

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