The UK government’s recent and much-publicised 50-point action plan on AI offers glimpses of progressive intent, but also ...
Terry Sejnowski is laboratory head of the computational neurobiology laboratory at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies ...
Despite its potential, behavioral self-awareness in AI remains an emerging capability with significant limitations. One major ...
In this week's "It's Debatable," Rosen & Moster debate if laws should be enacted to prevent AI advancement to human level ...
As science wrestles with the thorny job of proving, defining and understanding human consciousness, one pioneering startup aims to apply cutting-edge theories of consciousness to AI models – and ...
Artificial sweeteners can be a healthy way to add sweetness without sugar, but not all sugar substitutes are created equal. Some artificial sweeteners offer sweetness without introducing unwanted ...
Artificial plants — fake plants, silk plants, faux foliage, or whatever you want to call them — offer a solution. They’ll never outgrow their pots, the leaves will never droop and turn ...
How can I frustrate the commonplace drive toward narrative understanding in the spectator that awakens in his consciousness a habitual identification with the goals, values, and mind-sets received ...
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