Science of the Future
Viewpoint: AI is paving the path for dehumanizing medicine
AI promises to make healthcare quicker, more precise, and error-free. To the degree that it replaces doctors and nurses, it ...
Cloudy with a chance of AI? How weather forecasters are more accurately predicting tropical storms
In May, Microsoft released a forecast tool called Aurora that produces five-day global air- pollution predictions and 10-day weather forecasts ...
‘Addictively dependent’ on an AI girlfriend? Scientists and ethicists fear artificial intelligence may undermine human romantic connections
AI companionship is no longer theoretical—our analysis of a million ChatGPT interaction logs reveals that the second most popular use of ...
‘Digital psychological twins’: AI copy of a dying family member’s consciousness could help make end-of-life decisions. Is this ethical?
End-of-life decisions can be extremely upsetting for surrogates, the people who have to make those calls on behalf of another ...
Here’s what people really use AI chatbots for
Thousands of conversations were analyzed to see what people are really asking them and what topics are most discussed ...
Darwin vs Wallace: 150-year-old argument on evolution resolved by AI
In the 1800s, a conflict between the founding fathers of evolution divided the community between Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel ...
Why consciousness? Understanding the evolution of human intelligence helps inform the future of AI
Neuropsychologists argue consciousness is not result of evolution of the central nervous system, but arose for humans to better communicate ...
Animal commuication breakthrough: How AI could help us decode what our pets are saying
We could train artificial intelligence (AI) to understand animal communication better than we can, using footage of animal interactions ...
Hoe-wielding robots? Solar-powered ‘robo-weeders’ use AI to combat pesticide-resistant weeds
In a sugar beet field a few miles east of Moorhead Minnesota, small four-wheeled robots are rolling up and down ...
Realistic robot skin: Combination of cultured cells and silicone could help robots appear more human in future
A combination of cultured cells and silicone could help robots appear more human in future thanks to realistic skin elasticity ...
‘Weapon of the future’: AI-powered war machines fuel potential new era of ‘killer robots’
Founders of Vyriy, a Ukrainian drone company, recently worked on a weapon of the future, a machine gun that can ...
AI agents: What are they — and will they ‘usher in the kind of useful AI we have been dreaming about for decades?’
Tech companies are plowing vast sums into creating AI agents, and their research efforts could usher in useful AI we ...
AI vs humans: Who is better at separating truth-tellers from liars?
AI-based lie detection systems could one day be used to help us sift fact from fake news, evaluate claims, and ...
CRISPR 2.0: How AI can hlep design molecules that don’t exist in nature to help treat rare diseases
AI is used to compose music, suggests recipes and make investment decisions, but a company has designed a system that ...
Viewpoint: As neuroscience embraces AI, what makes us human becomes even more critical
The opportunities researchers have to study the human brain in never-before-seen ways thanks to Artificial Intelligence ...
Meat makes up more than 90% of pet food ingredients world wide. Here’s how AI and precision fermentation could transform what our furry friends eat
Like other consumer product sectors, the pet food industry is now a part of the “Fourth Industrial Revolution,” the term ...
Will AI conquer herbicide resistance? Ultra-precise targeting removes weeds with next to no impact on anything else
Weeds are growing resistant to the herbicides already on the market, and agribusiness companies like Bayer are in a desperate search ...
Viewpoint: Would super-intelligent AI find humans boring?
The merging of human and artificial intelligence raises questions about the future of humanity and the essence of being human ...
Check your sources: Top 10 AI chatbots, including ChatGPT, provide answers from Russian disinformation websites
NewsGuard audit finds that 32% of the time, leading AI chatbots spread Russian disinformation narratives created by John Mark Dougan, ...
AI advantage: Why embracing precision gene editing will help India grow food in a climate change challenged world
Climate change is bound to affect our food systems. The impact of rising CO2 levels may impact crop yields in ...
Battling disease: What happens when you blend generative AI and CRISPR gene editing?
Much as ChatGPT generates poetry, a new A.I. system devises blueprints for microscopic mechanisms that can edit your DNA ...
Tired of doing household chores? Now you can buy a robot to do it
1X Technologies has already created a humanoid robot that is in the workplace. Next year, they will launch a robot ...
Oxford University shuts down Elon Musk’s favored transhumanist institute, a leader in the ‘effective altruism’ movement
Nick Bostrom’s Future of Humanity Institute closed this week in what Swedish-born philosopher says was ‘death by bureaucracy’ ...
Can you beat the house in sports wagering? Some people think AI might be your best bet
Advanced artificial intelligence is already changing the face of professional sports. AI-generated analytics and algorithms can more precisely track such metrics as ...
Criminals want quick gains. Here’s how AI is making their life easier
Generative AI provides a new, powerful tool kit that allows malicious actors to work far more efficiently and internationally ...
Headlong rush in health care to embrace AI opens trap door to legal disputes
When AI contributes to patient injury, who will be held responsible? ...
A timeline of artificial intelligence (AI), 1940s to today
A roomsize computer equipped with a new type of circuitry, the Perceptron, was introduced to the world in 1958 in ...
