What will humans be like generations from now in a world transformed by artificial intelligence (AI)? Plenty of thinkers have applied themselves to questions like this, considering how AI will alter ...

For generations, humans have congratulated themselves on being the planet’s most advanced species. We point to our cities, our technologies, our sciences, and our global reach as proof of superior ...

As a child, I was captivated by the promise of personal computers, mesmerized by the glow of light, full of potential ideas radiating from the screen. That fascination ignited a lifelong passion for ...

NexFuture (09/6/2026): The digital landscape is undergoing a profound paradigm shift. Artificial Intelligence is no longer ...

Ten years ago, I would have turned my nose up at the idea that we already understood how to get machines to think. In the 2010s, my team at Google Research was working on a wide variety of ...

We will now discuss in a little more detail the Struggle for Existence. ―Darwin Compared with other mammals, human beings have large brains and access to types of intelligence that other animals ...

Many people are overwhelmed by the fast-paced evolution of mass communication in a world increasingly shaped by the internet ...

Guests: SETI Institute President & CEO Bill Diamond and Dr. Lori Marino (President of the Whale Sanctuary Project). Why it ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing at a remarkable pace, prompting significant discussions about its potential to surpass biological intelligence. Geoffrey Hinton, a key figure in AI research, ...

Some are fixated on expecting or achieving so-called Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), which they interpret as an AI system capable of performing a number of tasks—reducing what they call ...

Throughout most of human history, evolution progressed slowly. Small genetic changes took thousands of years to permeate populations. Natural selection was intentional, reactive, and gradual. However, ...

In 1758, Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus gave humans a scientific name: Homo sapiens, which means "wise human" in Latin. Although Linnaeus grouped humans with other apes, it was English biologist ...