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Do you think Al could ever become self-aware?
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (290+ words) Kenna Hughes-Castleberry is the Content Manager at Live Science. Formerly, she was the Content Manager at Space.com and before that the Science Communicator at JILA, a physics research institute. Kenna is also a book author, with her upcoming book…...
If AI thinks it's conscious, it's more likely to believe in vampires, karma and ghosts, new study shows. What does it mean for how we use it?
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (1062+ words) A new study shows that measures to stop AI's claims of consciousness have unintended consequences for non-human entities Removing safety guardrails that stop artificial intelligence (AI) from claiming that it's conscious also makes it more prone to express belief in…...
Eerily humanlike AI-powered robot enters mass production in China — its makers say it could soon be helping you out at home
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (511+ words) Xpeng's engineers have designed a humanoid robot that they say is the first in the world that will walk itself off the production line. BERLIN — An eerily lifelike humanoid robot made by Chinese technology company Xpeng has now entered mass…...
Mathematicians made the world's fairest dice — they're 60-sided and can never end in a tie
1+ week, 1+ day ago (883+ words) A team of mathematicians discovered that five 60-sided dice, arranged with exactly the right numbers, can determine a perfectly fair turn order for any group of players, with zero chance of a tie. There could be no ties and no…...
New AI uses a fresh approach to reasoning that's potentially much cheaper
2+ week, 1+ day ago (648+ words) Scientists say that a new vector-based approach to cognition is dramatically cheaper than standard methods and signal the start of the "post-transformer" era of AI models. A new artificial intelligence (AI) model used a novel approach to AI cognition to…...
'It's kind of the holy grail of what is memory': Neuroscientist Steve Ramirez studies the physical basis of memory in a quest to manipulate it
2+ week, 1+ day ago (1392+ words) Steve Ramirez, a neuroscientist and author of "How to Change a Memory," tells editor Hannah Osborne about the science and ethics of memory manipulation, and the incredible power of our brains to recall our past. Live Science spoke with Ramirez…...
Why is AI going on a hacking spree?
3+ week, 6+ hour ago (1085+ words) Rigorously fact-checked science, expert commentary and an ad-free experience built for those who want to go beyond the headlines No ads on any Live Science articles. No pop-ups. Full access to everything. Trusted, in-depth, pro-science features that are available only…...
Have your say: Would you trust a humanoid robot with your household chores?
3+ week, 2+ day ago (291+ words) Rigorously fact-checked science, expert commentary and an ad-free experience built for those who want to go beyond the headlines No ads on any Live Science articles. No pop-ups. Full access to everything. Trusted, in-depth, pro-science features that are available only…...
'Beyond human intuition': AI designs chip components 500 times smaller than what engineers could ever imagine
3+ week, 5+ day ago (465+ words) Rigorously fact-checked science, expert commentary and an ad-free experience built for those who want to go beyond the headlines No ads on any Live Science articles. No pop-ups. Full access to everything. Trusted, in-depth, pro-science features that are available only…...
Elon Musk and Sam Altman claim we've reached the AI singularity. But how would we even know that happened?
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1048+ words) Rigorously fact-checked science, expert commentary and an ad-free experience built for those who want to go beyond the headlines No ads on any Live Science articles. No pop-ups. Full access to everything. Trusted, in-depth, pro-science features that are available only…...