14+ hour, 56+ min ago  (338+ words) The first time I took a ride in'a Waymo'was in 2024. It was summer in San Francisco, and my wife and I had spent several weeks watching these curious, sensor-laden Jaguar I-Paces gliding'driverless'up and down the city's famous slopes. Intrigued, we…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (9+ words) How AI led a psychiatrist to a breakdown'The Spectator...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (295+ words) The cells are kept in Petri dishes, wired up to computers and trained to do whatever the researchers want It all sounds rather dystopian, but proponents of biocomputing say its benefits could be huge. The energy needed to stimulate a…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (682+ words) China wants robots to look after the elderly'The Spectator China wants robots to look after the elderly The Race to Control the World; Sliced Bread: Dough " Eyewear An AI data centre " imagine a factory of buzzing wires and computing equipment…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (278+ words) FanDuel and DraftKings ads spice the early spring airwaves, robots deliver their unimpeachable verdicts on human actions and a family of four shells out 500 bucks for parking and tickets to attend a game. Major League Baseball has returned! Our small…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (253+ words) It's no wonder you see people neurotically clutching these devices all hours of the day Yet we might not be laughing for much longer, and'Private Eye'might be forced to jettison that column altogether, if we are to believe Jeremy Vine....

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (421+ words) We have all wondered if we are alone in the cosmos; if beings born under the light of another star embark on fabulous voyages between the stars to reach us " their cosmic cousins. Those who believe the Earth has been…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago  (715+ words) Paul Ehrlich's bad ideas won't go away'The Spectator Paul Ehrlich's bad ideas won't go away I am sorry to hear of the death of Stanford University Professor of Biology Paul R. Ehrlich at the age of 93, but to read his writings…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (345+ words) The old saying, "It's an ill wind that blows nobody good," has received strong reinforcement during the recent unprecedented cold spell in the Palm Beaches. The rest of the world almost certainly thinks we lead a sybaritic life down here…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (707+ words) AI can produce deep insights at surprising speed " and then, the next second, make a profound error This is a useful way to think about what these models can do today. They can "see" patterns across wide areas of the…...