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Some scientists think brain organoids could develop a form of consciousness. Others say that’s science fiction.
Lonely humans will become infatuated with AI-fabricated personas.
In a state of “hyperwar,” accidents or unexpected AI decisions could lead to widespread devastation before humans could intervene.
ChatGPT doesn’t understand physics, but it memorizes very well and puts in extra effort.
Can ChatGPT help you power through writer’s block?
The danger posed by conversational AI isn’t that it can say weird or dark things; it’s personalized manipulation for nefarious purposes.
Catastrophes are difficult to predict because they are so rare. But AI using active learning can make predictions from very small data sets.
Computers are growing more powerful and more capable, but everything has limits
The initial goal of AI was to create machines that think like humans. But that is not what happened at all.
Communication among cetaceans, like whales and dolphins, looks especially promising.
“Lethal autonomous weapon” sounds friendlier than “killer robot.”
Despite their brief history, computers and AI have fundamentally changed what we see, what we know, and what we do.
The AI is helping Twitter users plot movies, design meal plans, and more.
ChatGPT’s capabilities are astonishing.
Flexible organic circuits might someday hook right into your head.
Surely they can’t be worse…can they?
In the future, people may look back with horror at how humans treated AI in the 21st century.
More than any other nation, Japan tends to feel comfortable with the idea of humanoid robots entering the home.
Living is about staying busy.
Researchers use fluid dynamics to spot artificial imposter voices.
Meaningful pictures are assembled from meaningless noise.
The Metaverse could be the most dangerous tool of persuasion humanity has ever created.
An average undergraduate student in physics is better than the AI.
Elon Musk suggested remote-controlled, vibrating anal beads. Thankfully, there are more mundane explanations.
Who should be compensated?
The AI test can be done every night at home while the person is asleep, without even touching their body.
We will become billions of people who share a single vast intellect.
Uploading your mind is not a pathway to immortality. Instead, it will create a possibly hostile digital doppelgänger.
Deep learning AI has accurately created color images from night vision images.
It is all too easy for humans to fall into the cognitive trap of thinking that an entity that can use language fluently is sentient or intelligent.