Gary Marcus is not impressed by the hype around deep learning. While the NYU professor believes that the technique has played an important role in advancing AI, he also thinks the field’s current overemphasis on it may well lead to its demise. Marcus, a neuroscientist…

Historian Amir Alexander on Euclidean geometry’s far-reaching effects.

Two and a half years ago I had a shower-thought: "Can I build a space online that feels lived-in?"

Cameras and sensors in the sky now do most of the scanning for telltale smoke, but in some areas, the Forest Service still relies on eyes in a tower. Russ Dalton is one of the last of the breed.

A new blood test could detect more than 20 types of cancer, allowing cases to be identified and treated far earlier.

They could reduce cost per peak watt by nearly 50 percent.

Tax forms filed by OpenAI provide insight into the enormous salaries and bonuses paid to artificial intelligence specialists across the world.

"I think there is a non-zero chance that some of our great castles are built on sand," he said, arguing that we must begin to rely on AI to verify proofs.

It's really early on a Sunday, so while I sip my coffee I'm also going to try to clear up a lot of confusion about the CLOUD Act created by poor reporting by The Times (of London) and Bloomberg. Here is the original, incorrect story: https://t.co/1l8tgH1r4s

The co-founder of Bark reveals the systems he uses to manage two growing businesses and a family

We recently restored an Apollo Guidance Computer 1 , the computer that provided guidance, navigation, and control onboard the Apollo flight...

People could start flying aboard the vehicle in the next year or so, Musk said.