Consciousness
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Truth has long been a key concern for the American philosopher. He’s in the UK to discuss his latest book on consciousness, but there’s just no escaping Trump…
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Alex Hearn takes a look back at the ‘no professors allowed’ informal dining club which laid the foundations for the British cybernetics movement artificial intelligence
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Artificial intelligence is fast at learning games, but applied to wider society it can have troubling outcomes
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With technology developing at an increasingly rapid pace, as we head into 2017, we ask: will AI machines surpass the human race?
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They already perform surgery, take blood and help people walk. But can robots replicate vital human interaction?
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Elon Musk says the likelihood that we are not actually all living in a simulated world is ‘one in billions’. In this episode of Chips with Everything, philosopher and cognitive scientist Dr David Chalmers weighs in to explore those odds
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Martin Robbins: The park engineers in HBO’s Westworld should probably be fired for some of the bad choices they made
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Never mind fake news and Trump/Pence, what we should be fearful of is Facebook’s algorithms, and their relentless pursuit of economic self-interest
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Susan Greenfield’s attempt to explain the latest scientific research into consciousness has an interesting framing device, but that’s where the clarity ends
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The award-winning writer’s complex, thoughtful and futuristic stories should prove fertile ground for film-makers now Hollywood has discovered him
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The AI research firm is teaming up with gaming company Blizzard to take on the real-time strategy game
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Whether you’re struggling to get gig tickets or being fat-shamed by an app – AI is calling the shots. Weren’t these algorithms supposed to be on our side, not making thing worse?
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Software program can weigh up legal evidence and moral questions of right and wrong to predict the outcome of trials
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Editorial: Each advance in artificial intelligence increases the power of computer networks, but the responsibility for their use remains with human beings
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University of Leeds researchers analyzed the body language, facial expressions and voice of sitcom character to create a digital avatar and, eventually, a chatbot
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Fracking is great, the green movement is a religion, his dire predictions about climate change were nonsense – and robots don’t mind the heat, so what does it matter anyway? At 97, the creator of Gaia theory is as mischievous and subversive as ever
Elon Musk says humans must become cyborgs to stay relevant. Is he right?