In 2009, 19-year-old folk singer Taylor Mitchell was attacked by a pack of coyotes while on a hike at the Cape Breton Highlands National Park in Canada. She was just about to start the popular Skyline Trail when climbers in the area saw the animals close- in, unprovoked. Onlookers called […]
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ChatGPT Is a Stunning AI, but Human Jobs Are Safe (for Now)
If you’ve spent any time browsing social media feeds over the last week (who hasn’t), you’ve probably heard about ChatGPT. The mesmerizing and mind-blowing chatbot, developed by OpenAI and released last week, is a nifty little AI that can spit out highly convincing, human-sounding text in response to user-generated prompts. […]
DeepMind Builds AI That Codes as Well as the Average Human Programmer
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. (Credit: Google)Google’s DeepMind AI division has already built machines that can wreck you in StarCraft II and predict millions of protein structures, but now it’s taking on an even harder task: writing coherent code. In […]
Technological Singularity and the End of Human History
In this century, humanity is predicted to undergo a transformative experience, the likes of which have not been seen since we first began to speak, fashion tools, and plant crops. This experience goes by various names – “Intelligence Explosion,” “Accelerando,” “Technological Singularity” – but they all have one thing in […]
Scientists build a device that uses human sweat to power electronics
A adaptable, slim strip wraps about the tip of a finger and collects sweat. UC San Diego Jacobs Faculty of Engineering online video screenshot by Leslie Katz/CNET Engineers have appear up with a unit that harvests sweat from your fingertip to crank out power — and you don’t even will […]