Girls are just as capable as boys in science and mathematics, but ingrained attitudes are stopping female students from engaging.
New Scientist From ACM Opinion | May 23, 2022
Philosopher explains how virtual worlds shed light on questions such as what is reality and are we living in a simulation
New Scientist From ACM Opinion | January 28, 2022
We should be more critical of those making decisions about how AI is used, says anthropologist Beth Singler
New Scientist From ACM Opinion | January 10, 2022
Gigantic neural networks that write with remarkable fluency have led to suggestions that scaling up will usher in ultimately true machine intelligence
New Scientist From ACM Opinion | October 8, 2021
Microchips are produced by a few large companies; an open-source design approach could end their dominance
New Scientist From ACM Opinion | September 10, 2021
Last week, Pepper the robot spoke before Parliament, but this kind of stunt distracts from the real issues AI provokes.
New Scientist From ACM Opinion | October 24, 2018
The new iPhone X puts face recognition front and centre. Why? Because it is the quickest and easiest way to unlock your phone.
New Scientist From ACM Opinion | September 13, 2017
In late June, I was leaving for a flight from Kiev's Boryspil Airport as news broke that Ukraine was the victim of another massive cyberattack.
New Scientist From ACM Opinion | September 6, 2017
"Death, be not proud, though some have called thee; Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so; For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow; Die not, poor Death...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | July 7, 2017
Confidence in your abilities is usually a good thing—as long as you can recognise when it's time to ask for help.
New Scientist From ACM Opinion | June 8, 2017
Shortly after arriving at the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) in April 1958, the new chief scientist presented a plan to the agency's director.
New Scientist From ACM Opinion | March 28, 2017
At Guglielmo Marconi's grand state funeral in Rome in 1937—orchestrated with military-style pomp by the black-shirted Benito Mussolini—the largest wreath on the...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | August 11, 2016
Artificial intelligence—what's the worst that can happen? For Roman Yampolskiy, a computer scientist at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, the sky’s the...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | May 25, 2016
I'm the first quadriplegic person in the world to use my own thoughts to control my own arm. It's a pretty neat experience.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | April 14, 2016
"I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords." So goes the joke every time artificial intelligence threatens to supersede humans in another job.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | November 4, 2015
Pedro Domingos's new book is a compelling but rather unquestioning insider view of the search for the ultimate in machine learning.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | November 3, 2015
Falmouth University professor Simon Colton works with software that behaves in ways that would be deemed creative if observed in humans. In an interview, Colton...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | September 2, 2015