Can Democracy Include a World Beyond Humans?
There was once an orangutan named Ken Allen at the San Diego Zoo who was notorious for carrying out complex escape plans. He found every nut and bolt...
Father’s Day gift guide: 8 top tech gifts he will love
If you're shopping for a dad who loves gadgets, these tech gifts are perfect for any gearhead.
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What Black One Direction Fans Reveal About Activism
Gabrielle Foster had been a fan of One Direction since she was 11 years old.“We all come from different backgrounds. We all bond over Harry, but we don’t...
LaMDA and the Sentient AI Trap
“There’s a lot of snake oil out there, and mixed in with all the hype are genuine advancements,” Brin says. “Parsing our way through that stew is one...
‘Is This AI Sapient?’ Is the Wrong Question to Ask About LaMDA
The uproar caused by Blake Lemoine, a Google engineer who believes that one of the company’s most sophisticated chat programs, Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA) is sapient,...
The Sexist Pseudoscience at the Heart of Biology
For years, studying zoology made me feel like a sad misfit. Not because I loved spiders, enjoyed cutting up dead things I’d found by the side of the...
