Society has reached a pivotal moment in computational intelligence. AI has been evolving rapidly yet predictably for the past decade through increased automation, more innovative models and ...

“Life” and “intelligence” are terms with heavily contested meanings. This discussion will offer a novel, unified perspective on both, as described in Blaise Agüera y Arcas’ new book, What Is ...

Chemist Lee Cronin challenges AI doom and explains assembly theory, showing how complexity signals life, so you can judge ...

The telecommunications sector stands at a pivotal transformation moment. While emerging technologies like 5G networks, IoT ecosystems and AI platforms promise unprecedented opportunities, carriers ...

For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable result of a series of unlikely evolutionary leaps. But new research by ...

The trajectory of AI's evolution underscores its potential to transform industries and society, and elevate our daily lives. Provided byMicrosoft and NVIDIA In March 2016, the world witnessed a unique ...

The modern digital landscape is built on data, but not the way it once was. Gone are the days when businesses simply stored and analyzed static datasets to make decisions. Today, artificial ...

"Consciousness," although challenging to define, can be thought of as a first-person awareness of one's surroundings and oneself. You sense the world through your eyes, nose, ears and hands, and track ...

Ciliates represent a remarkably diverse group of unicellular eukaryotes that possess a dual nuclear organisation—a germline micronucleus and a somatic macronucleus—that underpins their extraordinary ...