Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence

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Neuroscientist Christof Koch on human minds, AI, and bacteria.
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"How long someone thinks about [a] problem is a really good proxy of how humans behave."
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"By 2040, we hope to see a number of new drugs that have been designed with AI reaching patients."
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Tech entrepreneur Alvin Wang Graylin sketches out a bold new age of AI-led enlightenment underscored by compassion.
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Freethink asks three different kinds of experts to answer this question.
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33 years ago, the theoretical biologist Robert Rosen offered an answer to the question "Is life computable?"
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8mins
Wharton professor Ethan Mollick explains why “co-intelligence may be the future of AI.
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Acclaimed writer Mauro Javier Cárdenas used AI in his latest work to surprising effect.
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We will believe in AGI when it calls on Facetime.
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A new technique that can automatically classify phases of physical systems could help scientists investigate novel materials.
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Profluent’s new platform is like ChatGPT for genetic technology.
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The major transformation in the where of modern workplaces is about to collide with a transformation in who is doing that work.
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3mins
Journalist Steven Kotler on digital immortality and the tech that could keep us “alive,” forever.
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Finally, an AI that can drive a digital car as a goat.
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Driven by a childhood marked by war and environmental devastation, Dyhia Belhabib developed an innovative technology to combat illegal fishing.
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“I believe that in the future, there will be a Francis Bacon of AI art,” Saltz tells Big Think. “We just haven't seen that artist yet.”
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Even with the best technology imaginable, you'd probably never be able to exist as a consciously aware brain in a vat.
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What would it take to create a truly intelligent microbot, one that can operate independently?
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"Stargate" could be used to train the world’s most powerful AIs.
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Making up false information is one of the biggest problems with AI, but there are no silver-bullet solutions.
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11mins
“Forget about essences.” Philosopher Daniel Dennett on how modern-day philosophers should be more collaborative with scientists if they want to make revolutionary developments in their fields.
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Step back from the AI maelstrom and explore Lem’s "Summa Technologiae" for a detached look at technology’s role in human evolution.
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The transformational change driven by AI will elevate neurodiversity inclusion as an organizational asset, argues Maureen Dunne.
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We may be on the brink of finally seeing human-level intelligence in an AI — thanks to robots.
Illustration of a smiling man wearing glasses against a geometric background, unraveling the secret of good AI.
The technology is not a replacement for human labor — it's a way to complement existing human tasks.
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Google’s “Genie” could be used to create a wide range of interactive environments for more than just games.
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Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.
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Big Think talks to Konrad Feldman — founder of advertising tech innovator Quantcast.