An AI researcher's explanation for why the trannoscript of Blake Lemoine's conversation with the LaMDA chatbot does not in any way support the notion that it is sentient

Since 2014, the US Dept. of Agriculture has a record of "burying" the science

The Harrison Ford–starring thriller represents the best of a genre that has faded: the character-driven action movie for adults.

Russia defaulted on its foreign-currency sovereign debt for the first time in a century, the culmination of ever-tougher Western sanctions that shut down payment routes to overseas creditors.

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Like a number of other folks, I have recently been exploring some slightly less well-worn corners of the Rust type system. In my particular case, this involv...

"Privacy" can mean different things in different contexts. Tracking-reduction and tracking-evasion represent different goals with some conflict and overlap.

Intelligent beings learn by interacting with the world. Artificial intelligence researchers have adopted a similar strategy to teach their virtual agents new tricks.

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Amazon is ramping up its anti-union tactics in Canada. But union organizers say Amazon’s American-style union busting won’t work in Quebec’s pro-labor environment.

Blood pressure is one of the most important indicators of heart health, but it's tough to frequently and reliably measure outside of a clinical setting.