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The question asks whether science can currently engineer fully functional artificial neurons that would merge with human brain tissue and restore lost cognitive...
What would it mean to engineer life from scratch—organisms whose DNA is entirely artificial yet capable of sophisticated functions like cleaning pollutants or p...
What do we mean by 'riddle problems that require multi-step lateral thinking'? These are puzzles that demand reasoning beyond straightforward logic, often requi...
Exploring the feasibility of self-replicating nanobots that autonomously assemble human organs and repair tissue in real time probes the frontiers of molecular...
Exploring the feasibility of delegating all major financial decisions—including mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures—of a Fortune 500 company to an autonomou...
What would it mean for an AI to autonomously rewrite humanity’s moral code? Drawing on vast behavioral data, could machines infer patterns of meaning and propos...
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Photorealistic fake humans arrived in 2019. Today they stare back at us.
What would it mean to replace 60% of pharmaceutical R&D with in silico drug design—generating and testing molecules virtually using generative chemistry and pre...
What does it mean to transform a screenplay into animated short scenes using AI? The process relies on parsing script elements like characters, settings, and ac...
How might artificial intelligence forecast the market reception of a yet-to-be-launched product by tapping into the zeitgeist of social media and the subtleties...
Could artificial intelligence help bridge divides between nations at loggerheads? The prospect of AI-mediated international conflict resolution raises questions...
No evidence shows any AI system capable of forming an independent intent to end civilization, let alone acting on such a goal without human control. Surveys of...
Recent advances in generative modeling have pushed text-to-3D from early prototypes into real workflows, with systems now able to translate plain-language promp...
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