#computer science
# tech
DARPA wants machines that can look at video and not just see what's in the frame, but understand it.
# tech
Some recent AI papers suggest training robots like you would train intelligent animals. The question is why you would need to do that.
# tech
On the surface, a basic AI handily beat humans in a classification task. But if you look at the details, its victory wasn't exactly a clean one.
# tech
Science bloggers are trying to wedge scientific accuracy into Tron Legacy, a movie which doesn't have any scientific content to speak of.
# tech
Tron Legacy didn't just have countless special effects and a custom soundtrack, it managed to cram in a massive dose of tech utopianism.
# astrobiology
The odds of downloading an evil alien artificial intelligence and enabling it to take over our machinery are pretty much zero to none.
# tech
IEEE is not impressed with Ray Kurzweil's cold readings about the future of computing and technology.
# tech
The last thing we need is to try and turn social media into an artificial intelligence.
# tech
Regardless of what you may have heard, computer science will not make you a better writer or communicator.
# tech
It's often tempting to compare advancements in technology to evolution. But they're two fundamentally different processes.
# tech
Tron's human/computer gateway certainly seems cool, but it's going to be pretty much impossible to build, ever.
# science
The quest to create an accurate simulation of the brain continues. But what will be this project's most realistic outcome?
# tech
A new experiment shows that we can give paralyzed patients the ability to move their wheelchairs with their thoughts alone.
# tech
Science fiction writers who really research AI can come away with some great insights.
# tech
Jaron Lanier went from VR pioneer to Luddite afraid of transhumanists' supposed agenda of mass dehumanization.
