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“If a machine is to interact intelligently with people, it has to be endowed with…
From the publisher: Commemorating 125 years
The magazine you now hold in your hands is 125 years old. Not this actual…
African farmers are using private satellite data to improve crop yields
Last year, as the harvest season drew closer, Olabokunde Tope came across an unpleasant surprise. …
The year is 2149 and …
The year is 2149 and people mostly live their lives “on rails.” That’s what they…
The Download: introducing: the 125th Anniversary issue
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s…
Readying business for the age of AI
Rapid advancements in AI technology offer unprecedented opportunities to enhance business operations, customer and employee…
A skeptic’s guide to humanoid-robot videos
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What will AI mean for economic inequality?
Prominent AI researchers expect the arrival of artificial general intelligence anywhere between “the next couple…
Ray Kurzweil: Technology will let us fully realize our humanity
By the end of this decade, AI will likely surpass humans at all cognitive tasks,…
This designer creates magic from everyday materials
Around 2012, at a bakery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Skylar Tibbits noticed someone wearing a shirt…