Traffic, jammed in The Economist 12 October 2019
The penny is dropping on driverless cars. This is a nicely succinct piece about the slow progress...
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Supercomputer simulates key brain centre in real time by Edd Gent in NewScientist 12 October 2019
Sailing into new computing waters. Neuromorphic computing is seen as potentially fertile territory...
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Brain work by Neil Savage in Nature 17 October 2019
Brain research is taking off. There is now a respectable number of substantial national and...
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AI beats professionals at six-player poker by Douglas Heaven in Nature 18 July 2019
Forget the ‘tell’: poker is just another game for AI. A collaborative effort between Facebook and...
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The billion-dollar bet to reach human-level AI by Richard Waters in FT 5 August 2019
OpenAI bets big computing is the answer to artificial general intelligence. OpenAI’s goal is to...
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Hidden consciousness by Helen Thomson in NewScientist 29 June 2019
Is the thalamus at the heart of consciousness? There is a growing understanding of those who can...
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Bang the rocks together, guys in The Economist 29 June 2019
Monkeys are using tools really intelligently. New research discovers that wild bearded capuchins...
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Inside the mind’s eye by Daniel Cossins in NewScientist 8 June 2019
People with amazingly clear mental images. Cossins writes about those people with the unusual...
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Innovative chimpanzees by Michael Marshall in NewScientist 25 May 2019
Imitation vs reasoning in chimpanzees. Scientists continue to believe that animals are not...
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Machines see differently by Linda Geddes in NewScientist 18 May 2019
Getting machines to see more like humans. Computer science is making progress in reducing AI’s...
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Fallible machines and fallible humans by Robert Wright in Straits Times 16 April 2019
Safe automation and safe AI still has a long way to go. This is yet another article amongst a...
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One of these is a power drill by Chris Baraniuk in NewScientist 270419
AI uses one method to do object recognition; humans use two. Everyone is familiar with the AI...
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Did hominins evolve in Europe by Colin Barras in NewScientist 20 April 2010
The history of human evolution takes another twist. New research suggests that mankind’s hominin...
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Has religion been good or bad for humanity by Harvey Whitehouse? in NewScientist 6 April 2019
It rather depends on how you define good and bad. Whitehouse asks whether religion has played an...
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Chimps are losing their culture by Michael Marshall in NewScientist 16 March 2019
Chimps are losing their cultural diversity due to too many humans. Researchers have shown a clear...
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How AI Will Go Out Of Control According To 52 Experts by CBInsights 19 February 2019
Give yourself a cheap thrill reading about AI’s potential to wipe us out. This is a wonderful...
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Chimp signals a bit like human speech in NewScientist 23 February 2019
Maybe human language is not as distinctive as previously thought. Researchers have been looking at...
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Robots that look after grandma in The Economist 16 February 2019
Demand for multi-purpose robots is rising, unlike supply. Two recent research studies have...
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Angels and Demons by Richard Wrangham in NewScientist 16 February 2019
Language enabled early man to develop social tolerance. Wrangham has written a summary of the...
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Brain study probes primate software by Alison Abbott in Nature 24 January 2019
Neurons in the primate brain work differently as between monkeys and humans. It is generally...
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