#computer science
# tech
What if Silicon Valley's high priests of AGI get their wish, but end up with a digital god that wants nothing to do with them?
# tech
Our tech oligarchs want an "AGI." No one really knows what that actually means.
# science
A new study tries to compare our memories with a common data structure.
# tech
Chatbots are suddenly threatening to turn on the humans in charge of them. The most likely reason why is also pretty unsettling...
# tech
AI is making programmers more productive, while helping them learn more than ever. Too bad their bosses decided they're now obsolete...
# tech
A small group of engineers are thinking about software in a world where code seems like the least important thing to consider.
# oddities
Unlike pop sci headlines keep telling you, scientists have not found any evidence that we're all just products of an alien computer.
# tech
We keep seeing artificial intelligence do more and more impressive things. But the most impressive thing it can do next is to fit in our hands.
# tech
To combat humanity's flaws, some pundits are urging us to give AI the power to govern. These ideas are guaranteed to backfire.
# tech
Current economic models and priorities set almost a century ago are obviously failing us today. Can machines help us get back on the right track?
# tech
Pay no attention to the tech personalities double guessing COVID-19 models. They're not the experts they think they are, or pretend to be.
# tech
Code storage and sharing platform GitHub wants to archive open source software for up to 10,000 years. But is that a good idea, and could we use its momentum to rethink how and why we code?
# tech
Quantum computers are coming. But what exactly are they and what can they do for us?
# tech
Despite constantly using algorithms defined as artificial intelligence and losing millions of jobs to it, we're still not sure where this technology can go and if it's really intelligent.
# tech
When we talk about regulating artificial intelligence, we need to step back and ask ourselves a very important question. What are we regulating and why?