If a Robot Is Conscious, Is It OK to Turn It Off? The Moral Implications of Building True AIs . In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “The Measure of a Man,” Data, an android crew member of the Enterprise, is to be dismantled for research purposes

Can We Wipe Out All Coronaviruses for Good? Here's What a Group of 200 Scientists Think . One vaccine to rule them all. That was the blue sky goal for a new global collaboration with hopes to beat coronaviruses. I’m not just talking about SARS-CoV-2, the

How Giving Robots a Hybrid, Human-Like 'Brain' Can Make Them Smarter . Squeezing a lot of computing power into robots without using up too much space or energy is a constant battle for their designers. But a new approach that mimics the structure of the h

Impossible Foods Wants to Make Milk That's Creamy, Tasty, and Totally Cow-Free . Animal-free foods seem to be steadily growing in popularity. Whether for health reasons or as part of a commitment to the environment, more people are opting to go vegetarian

OpenAI's GPT-3 Wrote This Short Film, and It's Strange and Fascinating . OpenAI’s text generating AI has gotten a lot of buzz since its release in June. It’s been used to post comments on Reddit, write a poem roasting Elon Musk, and even write an entire a

A New Method Can Train AI Using Almost No Data . AI is continuously taking on new challenges, from detecting deepfakes (which, incidentally, are also made using AI) to winning at poker to giving synthetic biology experiments a boost. These impressive...

Hey Google ... What Movie Should I Watch Today? How AI Can Affect Our Decisions . Have you ever used Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri, or Amazon Alexa to make decisions for you? Perhaps you asked it what new movies have good reviews, or to recommend a cool

Can We Trust AI Doctors? Google Health and Academics Battle It Out . Machine learning is taking medical diagnosis by storm. From eye disease, breast and other cancers, to more amorphous neurological disorders, AI is routinely matching physician performanc

Scientists Just Achieved Room Temperature Superconductivity for the First Time . Superconductivity could be the key to groundbreaking new technologies in energy, computing, and transportation, but so far it only occurs in materials chilled close to absolu

When Did We Become Fully Human? What Fossils and DNA Tell Us About the Evolution of Modern Intelligence . When did something like us first appear on the planet? It turns out there’s remarkably little agreement on this question. Fossils and DNA suggest peo