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artificial intelligence gets a reality check
New Scientist just interviewed robotics expert Noel Sharkey who presents a very realistic opinion on why AI is way more problematic to create than many tech evangelists predict and explains how...
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can we explore space with unmanned drones?
Illustration by Michael Kutsche Drone patrols are nothing new. By now, they’re fairly humdrum stuff come to think of it. But what about a drone patrol on an alien world, one that could potentially...
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how intelligent can we make our space probes?
Illustration by Igor Sobolevsky For all their endurance and toughness, our vaunted Martian rovers suffer from a major handicap that makes a typical mission far less effective than we want it to be. In...
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and now, here’s electrogonorrhea, the noisy killer
As odd as it may have sounded, I’ve said multiple times that the web did not change human sexuality nearly as much as we’re often told and much of the novelty is really just well forgotten antiquity...
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how to keep exploring space semi-vicariously
One of the recent ideas in space exploration tries to avoid landing astronauts on other worlds, risking exposure to dangerous radiation and alien weather. Instead, the plan would be to build a...
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that’s not what we meant by iron chef…
Illustration by Moley Robotics Robots and software are steadily displacing more and more workers. We’ve known this for the last decade as automation picked up the pace and entire professions are...
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why sex robots won’t satisfy incels
It may sound absurd at first blush, but prostitution and other sex work was allowed to thrive in 13th century France by city officials and even some prominent religious leaders. But if you think they...
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the automation paradox in developing nations
Today, the word disruption seems to stand for “tech bro built a smartphone app to do something we already do with little to no problem.” But just because it’s become such an abused term doesn’t mean...
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