Category: Science
Can Artificial Intelligence Be Creative?
Lady Ada Lovelace (1815–1852), daughter of the poet George Gordon, Lord Byron, was the first computer programmer.
Jason Rosenhouse and Specified Complexity
Not all patterns eliminate chance in the presence of improbability. Take an arrow shot at a target.
Intelligent Design Gets Its Own Car
Our colleague Daniel Reeves, a VW fan, points out Volkswagen’s ID series. Yep, it stands for “intelligent design.”
Check Their Privilege: Are Squirrels Socially Unjust?
Researchers have long assumed that people think like animals. But now we see that the equation reads the same in reverse: animals think like people.
More on Self-Replicating Machines
We know how to build a simple Ford Model T car. Now let’s build a factory inside this car, so that it can produce Model T cars automatically.