Patient One was 24 years old and pregnant with her third child when she was taken off life support. It was 2014. A couple of…
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‘It’s not like science fiction any more’: Nasa aiming to make spaceships talk
In the film 2001: A Space Odyssey the sentient supercomputer, HAL 9000, chats conversationally to the mission pilots on a Jupiter-bound spaceship, executing their orders…
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Evgeny Morozov’s piece is correct insofar as it states that AI is a long way from the general sentient intelligence of human beings (The problem…
View More The danger of blindly embracing the rise of AI | LettersPsychedelic brew ayahuasca’s profound impact revealed in brain scans
The brew is so potent that practitioners report not only powerful hallucinations, but near-death experiences, contact with higher-dimensional beings, and life-transforming voyages through alternative realities.…
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Barely a day goes by without some new story about AI, or artificial intelligence. The excitement about it is palpable – the possibilities, some say,…
View More Everything you wanted to know about AI – but were afraid to askThe big idea: are we living in a simulation?
Elon Musk thinks you don’t exist. But it’s nothing personal: he thinks he doesn’t exist either. At least, not in the normal sense of existing.…
View More The big idea: are we living in a simulation?Can lucid dreaming help us understand consciousness?
Michelle Carr is frequently plagued by tidal waves in her dreams. What should be a terrifying nightmare, however, can quickly turn into a whimsical adventure…
View More Can lucid dreaming help us understand consciousness?Neuroscientist Anil Seth: ‘We risk not understanding the central mystery of life’
For centuries, philosophers have theorised about the mind-body question, debating the relationship between the physical matter of the brain and the conscious mental activity it…
View More Neuroscientist Anil Seth: ‘We risk not understanding the central mystery of life’AI ethicist Kate Darling: ‘Robots can be our partners’
Dr Kate Darling is a research specialist in human-robot interaction, robot ethics and intellectual property theory and policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)…
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