Rumman Chowdhury joins Science Friday to discuss the state of artificial general intelligence. Chowdhury argues that AGI is currently a productivity tool, rather than an entity that's nearing (human ...

Nearly 20 years ago, I held my father’s hand as I made the decision to take him off life support. No algorithm could guide that moment. No dashboard could absorb its cost. The question wasn’t “Can we?

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“It is not my aim to surprise or shock you—but the simplest way I can summarize is to say that there are now in the world machines that think, that learn, and that create. Moreover, their ability to ...

The concept of the "Alpha Male" has been a topic of debate in both psychology and popular culture. The term originates from studies on animal behavior, where alpha males were considered dominant ...

Rather than predicting the future, AI gets it backwards, actually dominated by the past. A vibrant future needs new thought for new times.

Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis says there's a coin‑flip chance that artificial general intelligence will arrive within five years. What Happened: "My estimate is sort of 50% chance by in the ...

When is an AI system intelligent enough to be called artificial general intelligence (AGI)? According to one definition reportedly agreed upon by Microsoft and OpenAI, the answer lies in economics: ...

New diffusion AI models that make songs from scratch are complicating our definitions of authorship and human creativity. The end of this story includes samples of AI-generated music. Artificial ...

Each week, tech companies trumpet yet another advance in artificial intelligence, from better chat services to image and video generators that spend less time in the uncanny valley. But the holy grail ...