
We Shouldn’t Try to Make Conscious Software—Until We Should
Eventually, the most ethical option might be to divert all resources toward building very happy machines
Eventually, the most ethical option might be to divert all resources toward building very happy machines
Klára Dán von Neumann encounters a new home, a new husband and a new project
Social media companies need to give their data to independent researchers to better understand how to keep users safe
In the newest season of Lost Women of Science, we enter a world of secrecy, computers and nuclear weapons—and see how Klára Dán von Neumann was a part of all of it...
Klára Dán von Neumann enters the netherworld of computer simulations and the postwar Los Alamos National Laboratory
The same physics that makes quantum computers powerful also makes them finicky. New techniques aim to correct errors faster than they can build up
ENIAC, an early electronic computer, gets a makeover
In the newest season of Lost Women of Science, we enter a world of secrecy, computers and nuclear weapons—and see how Klára Dán von Neumann was a part of all of it...
Klára Dán von Neumann arrives in Princeton, N.J., just as war breaks out in Europe
Before she entered a world of secrecy, computers and nuclear weapons, who was Klára Dán von Neumann?
Overheating is a major problem for today’s computers, but those of tomorrow might stay cool by circumventing a canonical boundary on information processing
Rather than take a side, these campaigns create decision paralysis that leads to inaction
When Russia invaded Ukraine, many analysts expected an unprecedented level of cyberattacks—which so far haven’t materialized
The cloud is not only material but also an ecological force
As in the world of The Matrix, we may not be able to tell what’s real and what’s not
The program also challenges certain assumptions about self-driving cars
A falsified video would be an update on the traditional use of propaganda campaigns during warfare
It will make 4G phones seem positively quaint
“Doomscroll Reminder Lady” Karen K. Ho explains how to step away from the screen
Many do not require FDA approval, and those that do often do not undergo clinical trials
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