Those who believe that one day AI will start improving itself exponentially without limit are ignoring Kolmogorov complexity.

For last week’s puzzle, you may wish to take into account the fact that false positives can run in both directions.

Nothing in Starr’s article, intended for a broad science-minded audience, assumes that there is a simple physiological ...

The first laws passed are not meant to be ceilings but launching pads. So, expect bills to be filed loosening eligibility or ...

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Almost all the atheists I’ve ever met or read about, seem like decent people, despite being irritating, but they are ...

The skeptical, even scornful opposition of many leading evolutionary biologists to SETI stems largely from NOT wanting other ...

The bond market identifies over-valued companies and bubble risks long before the stock market does because it is concerned ...

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