Concepcion A. Monje, a researcher in the Robotics Lab at Carlos III University of Madrid, recently discussed the future of robotics and the science fiction film...Carlos III niversity of Madrid From ACM TechNews | April 10, 2015
Philosopher Nick Bostrom says major tech companies are listening to his warnings about artificial intelligence.MIT Technology Review From ACM Opinion | April 7, 2015
Shortly before the dreadful crash of Germanwings Flight 9525, I happened to be reading part of "The Second Machine Age," a book by two academics at M.I.T., Erik...The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | March 30, 2015
Herbert Simon, the Nobel-prize winning economist, was a techno-enthusiast. In 1956 he predicted that, "within 10 years, computers would beat the world chess champion...Slate From ACM Opinion | March 23, 2015
"Chappie," the highest-grossing movie in America last weekend, is, to put it mildly, not a great film; the critics have given it a twenty-nine on Rotten Tomatoes...The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | March 13, 2015
Let me hazard a guess that you think a real person has written what you're reading. Maybe you're right. Maybe not.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 10, 2015
Robots are becoming more of a reality in everyday life, and movies have started to overhaul their depiction of them. They're gentler, friendlier, and often better...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | February 27, 2015
Freeman Dyson, 91, the famed physicist, author and oracle of human destiny, is holding forth after tea-time one February afternoon in the common room of the Institute...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | February 23, 2015
Technology giants often meet their end not with a bang but a whimper, a slow, imperceptible descent into irrelevancy that may not immediately be reflected in the...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 13, 2015
Gordon Moore's famous calculation of the gains in power and economy that would drive chip production continues to have profound implications for every enterprise...Medium From ACM Opinion | February 12, 2015