Robots are slowly getting smarter, mostly thanks to advances in artificial intelligence that enable them to learn on their own rather than requiring constant...
Trying to understand consciousness calls to mind images of pensive philosophers in a thinking pose. Soft rock and freestyle rap with lyrics based on...
Life on Earth owes its existence to photosynthesis—a process which is 2.3 billion years old. This immensely fascinating (and still not fully understood) reaction...
Despite rapid advances in artificial intelligence, robots remain stubbornly dumb. But new research from DeepMind suggests the same technology behind large language models (LLMs)...
BIOTECH
Suddenly, It Looks Like We're in a Golden Age for Medicine
David Wallace-Wells | The New York Times
"Hype springs eternal in medicine, but lately the...
There’s been concern about artificial intelligence taking away jobs for years, and with the recent boom in generative AI, those fears have grown. The...
Quantum computers may soon tackle problems that stump today’s powerful supercomputers—even when riddled with errors.
Computation and accuracy go hand in hand. But a new...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Generative AI Can Add $4.4 Trillion in Value to Global Economy, Study Says
Yiwen Lu | The New York Times
"Generative AI, which includes chatbots...
Amid the search for solutions to global warming, various forms of geoengineering have gained traction. The more wild ideas—like spraying dust into space to...
