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Artificial Intelligence
11 articles
CAPTCHA: the test that lost to AI
For twenty years the CAPTCHA told humans from bots. Today artificial intelligence solves it better and faster than we do. This is its downfall.
Why I Think an Internet Blackout Is Coming Soon
The day the internet forgets its own name, the roads will still exist but no one will reach them: why a DNS blackout may be closer than you think.
What the Turing Test Is and Why It's No Longer a Challenge for Artificial Intelligence
The Turing Test was AI's holy grail for decades, but a fake Ukrainian boy and modern chatbots reveal why it stopped being a real challenge.
I'm Obsessed with a Song That Doesn't Exist! …Or Does It?
I fell in love with a Paul McCartney song in English, until I discovered it never existed and AI had written every note of it.
The Robot That Defeated Napoleon
The Mechanical Turk, an 18th-century chess automaton, dazzled Europe and even beat Napoleon, hiding a secret that fooled the world for decades.
The Awakening: The Day Machines Become Conscious
Could an artificial intelligence ever become conscious? A look at artificial brains, integrated information theory and the crucial role of memory.
Can AI Predict Earthquakes in the Near Future?
Could AI predict earthquakes and let us evacuate cities days in advance? A look at how far science has come toward forecasting the unforeseeable.
What Is a Digital Brain and Why Should You Have One?
A digital brain stores and organizes everything you learn so nothing slips away: here's why you need one and how to start building your own today.
By 2025, Artificial Intelligence Will Begin to Replace Our Primary Care Doctors
Artificial intelligence already diagnoses better than doctors, and a Google surgery conference convinced me it will soon handle our first consultations.
The strange case of Satoshi Nakamoto. Who is behind the most wanted character in the world and father of cryptocurrencies?
He convinced cryptographers, handed over the code, registered the domain, then vanished without a trace: who is really behind Bitcoin's father?
The before and after of a restoration of old photographs with artificial intelligence and Photoshop
Watch century-old photos of Guayaquil come back to life, colorized and repaired with artificial intelligence and Photoshop in striking before-and-afters.