As artificial intelligence systems become smarter, one A.I. company is trying to figure out what to do if they become ...

I was listening to a discussion on National Public Radio about artificial intelligence (AI). The guest was a journalist with ...

Adding words to our chatbot can apparently cost tens of millions of dollars. But some fear the cost of not saying please or ...

Roose’s perspective seems backward to the Macalope; coming at it from whether or not AI is approaching sentience. The easier ...

At its best, Black Mirror confronts viewers with uncomfortable yet essential questions about humanity’s relationship with technology.

Intelligence—natural or artificial—may be a matter of geometric structure, not temporal sequence, challenging how we ...

AI technology is now woven into our work, our homes and our thoughts. These machines are not conscious. But they are strange ...

A purely rational being might see religion as an evolutionary byproduct—useful for cohesion, morality, and confronting mortality. But if a sentient AI is not mortal, doesn’t fear death, and isn’t ...

A god from a machine.” That’s the translation for the iconic phrase “deus ex machina,” which the title for Alex Garland’s 2015 science fiction film “Ex Machina” fittingly references. The phrase evokes ...

As artificial intelligence rapidly evolves, it is forcing a fundamental rethink of intellectual property laws. Who owns ...