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Why Principles Over Practices Are the Key to Timeless Success
Why do some leaders and teams achieve great success in complex, uncertain, and fast-changing environments, while others who are equally capable struggle?
Earlier this year,...
Algorithms Are Designed to Addict Us, and the Consequences Go Beyond Wasted Time
Goethe’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is a classic example of many stories in a similar theme. The young apprentice enchants a broom to mop the...
Animals Are Out, Alt Protein Is in—and It’s Cooking Up Some Unbelievable Creations
A new food economy is taking root. It’s showing up in the dairy section of grocery stores and in the drive-thrus of Burger King....
This Strange Rule Is What Makes the Human Brain So Powerful
Run a supercomputer every second of every day, and eventually its storage will fill up, its speed decrease, and its components burn out.
Yet our...
Investment in Quantum Computing Is Booming—But Will a Quantum Winter Follow?
Quantum computing is red hot right now, not least after Google's recent announcement that it had achieved quantum supremacy. An analysis by Nature shows...
This Startup Wants to Store Grid Energy by Lifting Concrete Blocks
The energy transition is underway. It’s not just crucial for climate change that we kick our fossil fuel habit—it will soon be more expensive...
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 12)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
How to Stop Superhuman AI Before It Stops Us
Stuart Russell | The New York Times
"Once the focus shifts from building machines that are...
We Can’t Even Comprehend the Massive Data Haul We’ll Soon Get From Sensors
“Hey Google, how’s my health this morning?”
“One moment,” says your digital assistant.
It takes thirty seconds for the full diagnostic to run, as the system...
Scientists Found New Antibiotic Molecules—Right In the Human Microbiome
The human microbiome is the dark matter of biology: we know it’s there and critically balances health from disease. We can broadly examine microbe...
Tech Spread Misinformation in 70 Countries This Year. How Can We Make 2020 Better?
Following discussions about the societal influence of a technology like the internet feels much like watching a tennis match. One side serves with ‘the...
How Old Is Your Brain? This AI Can Tell You
Delaying “brain age” may sound like the latest quick-fix gimmick on a late-night infomercial, but the science underlying the concept is very real.
Rather than...
Russia Could Take the Lead on Human Gene Editing
There's broad consensus that genetically modifying humans isn't a good idea, at least not anytime in the near future. But it seems Russia has...
The End of the Chinese Miracle Is in Sight. What’s Next?
Governments around the world are rushing to keep up with emerging technologies. No one wants to be left behind as more industries and facets...
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 5)
AUTOMATION
UPS Gets FAA Clearance to Roll Out a Fleet of Delivery Drones
Allison Matyus | Digital Trends
"The move essentially will allow UPS to create its...
3D Printing Everything: Ultra-Cheap, Zero-Waste Products Are Coming
This blog is an excerpt from my next book The Future is Faster Than You Think, co-authored with Steven Kotler, to be released January 28th,...
Deep Learning Networks Can’t Generalize—But They’re Learning From the Brain
“Bias” in AI is often treated as a dirty word. But to Dr. Andreas Tolias at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas,...
DNA Nanomachines Are Opening Medicine to the World of Physics
When I imagine the inner workings of a robot, I think hard, cold mechanics running on physics: shafts, wheels, gears. Human bodies, in contrast,...
How Facebook’s Libra Could Kick Off a Digital Currency War
Facebook’s plans to launch a digital currency, Libra, has sent shockwaves through the international finance world and may have sounded the starting gun on...
AI Can Diagnose Like Doctors. But for Continued Progress, Research Standards Must Improve
Medicine is one of the hottest fields when it comes to applying AI to real-world problems, in particular using deep learning systems to detect...
Moore’s Law Is Dying. This Brain-Inspired Analogue Chip Is a Glimpse of What’s Next
“Dark silicon” sounds like a magical artifact out of a fantasy novel. In reality, it’s one branch of a three-headed beast that foretells the...
How Augmented Reality Will Overhaul Our Most Crucial Industries
Augmented reality (AR) has already exceeded over 2,000 AR apps on over 1.4 billion active iOS devices. Even if on a rudimentary level, the...
This Light-based Nervous System Helps Robots ‘Feel’
Last night, way past midnight, I stumbled onto my porch blindly grasping for my keys after a hellish day of international travel. Lights were...
Is the US Doing Enough to Maintain Its Leadership in AI?
Governments around the world are pouring money into AI research and developing detailed AI strategies, but the US has been slow to follow suit....
New AI Systems Are Here to Personalize Learning
The narratives about automation and its impact on jobs go from urgent to hopeful and everything in between. Regardless where you land, it’s hard...
Maybe Dangling a Space Elevator Off the Moon Isn’t as Ludicrous as It Sounds
When astronaut Chris Hadfield serenaded the Earth with Bowie’s Space Oddity, many of us got cracking with back-of-the-envelope calculations attempting to figure out how...
