10 Items Tagged

Artificial Intelligence

Would You Trust AI to Help You Forage?

Before you buy a plant field guide, make sure it wasn’t written by a computer. No, seriously.

Andrew Coletti September 7, 2023

A Flippy, hard at work.

Flippy, the Burger-Flipping Robot, Is Now Gainfully Employed

The more burgers it makes, the smarter it gets.

Anne Ewbank March 5, 2018

The manuscript is currently held at Yale University.

Has Artificial Intelligence Cracked the Voynich Manuscript's Mysterious Code?

Send in the bots.

Natasha Frost February 1, 2018

The Kepler-90 system now ties with our solar system in number of planets.

Found: An Eighth Planet Orbiting a Far-Flung Star

The discovery of Kepler-90i was made possible with artificial intelligence.

Vittoria Traverso December 15, 2017

The Sweetest Sounds of 2017

From lost languages to rediscovered songs to music made by robots, the year certainly won't go quietly.

Ashawnta Jackson December 14, 2017

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How AI Can Help Us Understand the World—Or Radically Misinterpret It

For the first time, neural networks are imagining things they've never seen before.

Natasha Frost December 13, 2017

Well, that's one way to write poetry.

The Robots Are Here to Write Poetry

But how are we going to teach them to do it well if no one can agree on what makes good verse?

Jessica Leigh Hester December 12, 2017

"Shelley" is an artificial intelligence bot who writes stories inspired by a subreddit of aspiring horror writers.

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An Artificial Intelligence Bot Writes Stories of the Macabre

"Shelley" conjures tales of disembodied mouths, surprise male pregnancies, and a house full of dolls.

Natasha Frost October 30, 2017

Saison is a pale ale, usually cloudy gold in color, with fruity, spicy flavors.

Enjoy a Tall, Frosty Beverage Named by a Neural Network

"The Fine Stranger" sounds good. "Snot Beard," less so.

Natasha Frost October 9, 2017

Let's not put a gun in these hands.

Tech Leaders Ask the UN to Outlaw Robot Weapons

Let's try not to automate our own destruction.

Eric Grundhauser August 21, 2017