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Graphen
Image: Graphene, by AlexanderAlUS, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons.

I Just Want to Say One Word to You: Graphene

Graphene was first characterized in 2004 when two researchers took graphite and exfoliated individual sheets of graphene using scotch tape. Read More ›
Chinese Han characters
Gauger
Photo: Chinese Han characters, by Michael Coghlan, via Flickr (cropped).

Passing the Turing Test Is No Guarantee of True AI

A person who speaks no Chinese whatsoever inhabits a room full of file cabinets full of questions and answers — all written in Chinese. Read More ›
Ray Kurzweil
Photo: Ray Kurzweil, by Nathan Jacobson.

Ray Kurzweil Predicts: The “Singularity” by 2045

Under Kurzweil’s transhumanist vision of the future, AI promises us superhuman capabilities complete with heaven on earth and eternal life. Read More ›

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