Category: transhumanism
What’s the Origin of Consciousness? A Global Challenge Is Exploring Leading Theories
6 Jun, 2021How does consciousness work? A frenemy collaboration is duking it out. Six different teams from across the globe are uniting …
The Critical Importance of Decentralized, Explainable AI for Better Social Networks
3 Aug, 2020Every day one sees more and more people waking up to the stupidity and malevolence of current online social networks. …
A New Brain-Inspired Learning Method for AI Saves Memory and Energy
2 Aug, 2020Despite the frequent analogies, today’s AI operates on very different principles to the human brain. Now researchers have proposed a …
How AI Will Make Drug Discovery Low-Cost, Ultra-Fast, and Personalized
26 Jul, 2020If you had to guess how long it takes for a drug to go from an idea to your pharmacy, …
China Wants to Lead the World on AI. What Does That Mean for America?
15 Jul, 2020China’s activism on the AI front has made abundantly clear that the PRC places tremendous value on dominating the field. …
How Close We Are to Fully Self-Sufficient Artificial Intelligence
3 May, 2020If you followed the world of pop-culture or tech for some time now, then you know that advances in artificial …
AI Is an Energy-Guzzler. We Need to Re-Think Its Design, and Soon
2 Mar, 2020There is a saying that has emerged among the tech set in recent years: AI is the new electricity. The …
The Technologies Changing How We Grow, Distribute, and Consume Food
23 Oct, 2019Food. What we eat, and how we grow it, will be fundamentally transformed in the next decade. Already, indoor farming …
4 Startups Using AI to Solve 4 Totally Different Problems
14 Nov, 2018AI is one of the biggest buzzwords in tech (and in general) these days, and there’s no question AI gets …
