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Will AI Achieve Consciousness? Wrong Question
We should not be creating conscious, humanoid agents but an entirely new sort of entity, rather like oracles, with no conscience, no fear of death, no distracting loves and hates.
4 days ago - Wired
Amazon Alexa and the Search for the One Perfect Answer
Voice computing seeks to deliver a single correct response to any query. That's why it's going to upend our relationship with information.
5 days ago - Wired
The Devastating Allure of Medical Miracles
After sepsis forced the amputation of Sheila Avento's hands, an intricate transplant technique made her whole again. Then came the side effects.
5 days ago - Wired
What Happens When Techno-Utopians Actually Run a Country
Direct democracy! Universal basic income! Fascism!? The inside story of Italy's Five Star Movement and the cyberguru who dreamed it up.
9 days ago - Wired
AR Will Spark the Next Big Tech Platform-Call It Mirrorworld
We are building a 1-to-1 map of almost unimaginable scope. When it's complete, our physical reality will merge with the digital universe.
11 days ago - Wired - 2 articles
Monkeys With Superpower Eyes Could Help Cure Color Blindness
Squirrel monkeys don't see color like people. But inject their eyeballs with a genetically engineered virus, and they suddenly can perceive a new rainbow. The same trick could...
13 days ago - Wired
The Push to Legalize Magic Mushrooms for Depression and PTSD
Activists, entrepreneurs, and doctors in the US and Canada are working to decriminalize psilocybin psychotherapy and calling for a psychedelic revolution.
16 days ago - Wired
Finding Lena Forsen, the Patron Saint of JPEGs
In 1972, a photo of a Swedish Playboy model was used to engineer the digital image format that would become the JPEG. The model herself was mostly a mystery-until now.
23 days ago - Wired
Paul Le Roux, the Coder Who Became a Criminal Mastermind
Along the way, he contributed to America's painkiller epidemic, and got involved with North Korean methamphetamine manufacturing, Somali pirates, and murder-for-hire.
25 days ago - Wired
How a Trash-Talking Furry Became Esports' Dominant Player
Dominique McLean has been winning fighting-game tournaments since his early teens-but now SonicFox, as he's known, has turned a knack into a dynasty.
28 days ago - Wired
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Will AI Achieve Consciousness? Wrong Question

We should not be creating conscious, humanoid agents but an entirely new sort of entity, rather like oracles, with no conscience, no fear of death, no distracting loves and hates.

Amazon Alexa and the Search for the One Perfect Answer

Voice computing seeks to deliver a single correct response to any query. That's why it's going to upend our relationship with information.

The Devastating Allure of Medical Miracles

After sepsis forced the amputation of Sheila Avento's hands, an intricate transplant technique made her whole again. Then came the side effects.

What Happens When Techno-Utopians Actually Run a Country

Direct democracy! Universal basic income! Fascism!? The inside story of Italy's Five Star Movement and the cyberguru who dreamed it up.

AR Will Spark the Next Big Tech Platform-Call It Mirrorworld

We are building a 1-to-1 map of almost unimaginable scope. When it's complete, our physical reality will merge with the digital universe.

Monkeys With Superpower Eyes Could Help Cure Color Blindness

Squirrel monkeys don't see color like people. But inject their eyeballs with a genetically engineered virus, and they suddenly can perceive a new rainbow. The same trick could...

The Push to Legalize Magic Mushrooms for Depression and PTSD

Activists, entrepreneurs, and doctors in the US and Canada are working to decriminalize psilocybin psychotherapy and calling for a psychedelic revolution.

Finding Lena Forsen, the Patron Saint of JPEGs

In 1972, a photo of a Swedish Playboy model was used to engineer the digital image format that would become the JPEG. The model herself was mostly a mystery-until now.

Paul Le Roux, the Coder Who Became a Criminal Mastermind

Along the way, he contributed to America's painkiller epidemic, and got involved with North Korean methamphetamine manufacturing, Somali pirates, and murder-for-hire.

How a Trash-Talking Furry Became Esports' Dominant Player

Dominique McLean has been winning fighting-game tournaments since his early teens-but now SonicFox, as he's known, has turned a knack into a dynasty.

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