Exploring bleeding edge experiments, oddities, new and bizarre dicoveries, and fact-checking conspiracy theories since 2008. No question is out of bounds and no topic is too strange for a deep dive.
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Science fiction writers who really research AI can come away with some great insights.
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Jaron Lanier went from VR pioneer to Luddite afraid of transhumanists' supposed agenda of mass dehumanization.
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Ray Kurzweil seems to think that DNA is like software code which can be optimized and compressed. He's in for a rude awakening if he tries to treat it that way.
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The Prophet of the Singularity returns with a hopeful sermon on our impending computer-aided immortality.
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The definition of what constitutes artificial intelligence is still highly subjective.
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Computer scientist Jaron Lanier wants to you remind you not to worship technology as a panacea to all the world's ills, albeit in a very bizarre, rambling way...
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Robots and computers are not about to make scientists obsolete. Why? Because they're limited by math.
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Predictions are difficult, especially about the future. But what futurist ideas seem to be on the right track and more likely to happen than not?
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Machine vision still has a long way to go before it can do something as simple as identify objects at a slight angle.
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IBM has big plans for its Watson engine. Question is whether it will live up to the hype.