Green Revolution redux
In the 1960s, Norman Borlaug, an American biologist, helped spark a period of transformative agricultural innovation known as the Green
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125th anniversary
The year is 2149 and …
The year is 2149 and people mostly live their lives “on rails.” That’s what they call it, “on rails,” which
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From the publisher: Commemorating 125 years
The magazine you now hold in your hands is 125 years old. Not this actual issue, of course, but the
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Will computers ever feel responsible?
“If a machine is to interact intelligently with people, it has to be endowed with an understanding of human life.”
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From the editor
Welcome to our 125th anniversary issue! With this issue, we wanted to celebrate our milestone as a publication without dwelling
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AI’s growth needs the right interface
If you took a walk in Hayes Valley, San Francisco’s epicenter of AI froth, and asked the first dude-bro you
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Ray Kurzweil: Technology will let us fully realize our humanity
By the end of this decade, AI will likely surpass humans at all cognitive tasks, igniting the scientific revolution that
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What will AI mean for economic inequality?
Prominent AI researchers expect the arrival of artificial general intelligence anywhere between “the next couple of years” and “possibly never.”
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AI and the future of sex
The power of pornography doesn’t lie in arousal but in questions. What is obscene? What is ethical or safe to
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