Computer Sciences

Why ChatGPT isn't conscious—but future AI systems might be

In June 2022, Google engineer Blake Lemoine made headlines by claiming the company's LaMDA chatbot had achieved sentience. The software had the conversational ability of a precocious seven-year-old, Lemoine said, and we should ...

Machine learning & AI

Defining the unexplainable in artificial intelligence

The term "artificial intelligence," usually abbreviated as AI, means many things to many people. Initially, the phrase was used to allude to the potential of machines, computers, specifically, somehow gaining sentience on ...

Hi Tech & Innovation

Key facts about Neuralink, Musk's cyborg gamble

Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain-implant company, has won US approval to test on humans. Here is what to know about the multi-billionaire's dream project to enable the human brain to communicate directly with computers.

Machine learning & AI

Study gets up close with near-death experiences

Those who momentarily shuffled off this mortal coil returned with positive perceptions of what they discovered on the other side—a finding that encourages researchers to dig deeper into the ways people describe near-death ...