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Artificial Intelligence
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Artificial Intelligence | Future of Everything With Jason Silva (Part 6)
In the latest installment of Singularity University’s web series, Future of Everything With Jason Silva, Silva takes a look at artificial intelligence. "AI is perhaps the...
8 Takes on the Rise of AI and Its Implications
In recent years, it's been exciting watching advances in AI like IBM's Watson smashing humans at Jeopardy and Google’s AlphaGo AI beating champions at the...
Robotics
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3 Exponentials to Watch | Future of Everything With Jason Silva...
In the third of Singularity University's Future of Everything YouTube series with Jason Silva, Silva discusses "The Big Three" exponential technologies, which he defines as...
Robot Revolution: These Are the Breakthroughs You Should Watch
Unexpected convergent consequences…this is what happens when eight different exponential technologies all explode onto the scene at once. This post (sixth in a series of seven) is a...
Neuroscience
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Why Neuroscience Is the Key to Innovation in AI
The future of AI lies in neuroscience.
So says Google DeepMind’s founder Demis Hassabis in a review paper published last week in the prestigious journal...
Scientists Complete the Most Detailed Map of the Brain Ever
To me, maps always conjure up a sense of exploration.
Back in the Age of Discovery, rudimentary maps allowed European explorers to sail into the...
Computing
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These 7 Forces Are Changing the World at an Extraordinary Rate
It was the Greek philosopher Heraclitus who first said, “The only thing that is constant is change.”
He was onto something. But even he would...
This Is What Makes Quantum Computers Powerful Problem Solvers
In a previous article, I introduced the recent open-sourcing of quantum computing software by DWave. DWave is the maker of a quantum computer being...
Genetics
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Gene Editing in Human Embryos Leaps Forward—Here’s the Science
Imagine walking down the street with a ticking time bomb in your chest, never knowing when your heart may explode.
Or going through five decades...
Gene Editing Might Change What Being Human Actually Means
Attempts to distill the essence of “selfhood” have occupied philosophers for centuries. Consensus has been fleeting at best, but is likely to get even...
Biotechnology
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This Chip Uses Electricity to Reprogram Cells for Healing
It sounds like science fiction: with a light zap of electricity, a tiny stamp-like device transforms your skin cells into reservoirs of blood vessels...
3 Exciting Biotech Trends to Watch Closely in 2017
As I start to look at the emerging trends of 2017 from the vantage of IndieBio, where we see hundreds of biotech startup applications and...
