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

To the editor: Those who are concerned about hurting the feelings of sentient artificial-intelligence computer systems should read Mary Shelley's 1818 novel "Frankenstein" and ask themselves what ...

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 ...

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

Long before Alan Turing posed his famous question about whether machines could think, the ancient Greeks envisioned ...

By David Stephen Human consciousness is often direct and sometimes predictable that it could sometimes become a haul. If it ...

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