Why it’ll be hard to tell if AI ever becomes conscious
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The Download: fixing the internet, and detecting AI consciousness
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Minds of machines: The great AI consciousness conundrum
David Chalmers was not expecting the invitation he received in September of last year. As…
This biotech CEO decided to take her own (fertility) medicine
To be a great company founder, they say you should use your own product. Eat…
The fight over the future of encryption, explained
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The Download: a new kind of IVF, and the AI consciousness debate
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Scientists just drafted an incredibly detailed map of the human brain
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This mathematician is making sense of nature’s complexity
It takes Gábor Domokos about an hour to pick his way up into the hills…
The Download: a new brain atlas, and using maths to make sense of nature
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Think that your plastic is being recycled? Think again.
On a Saturday last summer, I kayaked up a Connecticut river from the coast, buoyed…