Join Singularity University on August 26th at the Santa Clara Convention Center for the 2016 Global Solutions Program Closing Ceremony—an exciting night of inspiration,...
I often speak about the importance of experimentation.
What about experimenting with how we govern ourselves?
As we enter election season, I'm struck by the question,...
Artificial intelligence is beginning to disrupt entire industries from finance to medicine. Yet the most revolutionary application has yet to arrive—and it’s an existential...
According to Ray Kurzweil, we’re approaching a time when humans will begin to radically extend their lifespans. This sounds good on the surface, but...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: How to Fool AI Into Seeing Something That Isn't There
Cade Metz | WIRED
"Today, neural nets are quite good at recognizing faces and spoken...
Technological shifts outpace our awareness of them. While we're busy with our day-to-day lives—getting a new smartphone or downloading the next updates—we often don't...
We spend our lives surrounded by high-tech materials and chemicals that make our batteries, solar cells and mobile phones work. But developing new technologies...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: This Is the Robot Maid Elon Musk Is Funding
Will Knight | MIT Technology Review
"Abbeel’s robots learn tasks from scratch, using a neural network that...
Will we live longer lives in the future? According to Ray Kurzweil, it's only a matter of time until technology begins successfully tackling age-related...
Researchers at Harvard University have created a biohybrid stingray. No larger than the average coin, the ray contains both biological and artificial parts—rat heart...
People are concerned about how AI and robotics are taking jobs, destroying livelihoods, reducing our earning capacity, and subsequently destroying the economy.
In anticipation, countries...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: The Humans Hiding Behind the Chatbots
Ellen Huet | Bloomberg
"The company advertises Amy as an AI personal assistant who can 'magically schedule meetings'...But...
Ever wondered what Pac-Man in real life would look like? Well, here's your chance.
In collaboration with University College of Southeast Norway, filmmaker Adam Bartley...
There’s never been a better opportunity to see the future first-hand. Join the most innovative minds in business and technology, along with Singularity University...
What’s in a face?
Doctors say health. Psychologists say personality. Anthropologists say evolution.
For me, it’s identity.
Arguably, no other body part is as intimately tied to...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Exclusive: Why Microsoft Is Betting Its Future on AI
Casey Newton | The Verge
"Microsoft's historical instincts about where technology is going have been spot-on. But...
If 3D printing is already impacting manufacturing today, what breakthroughs could bioprinting — or printing any mix of organic and inorganic materials — achieve...
I'm constantly inquiring about the impact of exponential change over the next 20 years. An equally important question is, what won't change over the next two decades?
For...
“Magnetic pull.”
We often use the phrase to describe attraction, but only in a figurative way. After all, unlike homing pigeons, humans don’t have the...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Artificial Intelligence’s White Guy Problem
Kate Crawford | The New York Times
"Like all technologies before it, artificial intelligence will reflect the values of its...
Miniaturization is one of the most world-shaking trends of the last several decades. Computer chips now have features measured in billionths of a meter. Sensors...
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: Forget Doomsday AI—Google Is Worried About Housekeeping Bots Gone Bad
Cade Metz | Fast Company
"Machines can’t make the hard calls themselves yet, because they...
