As Data Overflows Online, Researchers Grapple With Ethics – NYT article

Professor Jeffrey T. Hancock was a co-author of the Facebook study in which the social network quietly manipulated the news feeds Continue reading →

How super AI could end the age of humans – podcast

Professor Nick Bostrom, director of the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford. discusses the existential threats posed by Continue reading →

Will You Obey Your Robot Boss?

In the future, we will have robot overlords. This uncomfortable experiment (captured in hilarious video) shows just how easily humans Continue reading →

Brain Banquet

And people are fascinated by this wrinkly three-pound piece of flesh inside their heads that mediates all that we do. Continue reading →

Grow a new brain: First steps to lab-made grey matter

Growing artificial body parts in the lab starts with a scaffold. This acts as a template on which to grow Continue reading →

Quantum Artificial Intelligence

PS: Very interesting concept sadly the video is bit cliche.  

Utopia- In Our Time

A very nice account about utopia showcased in the BBC Radio. Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the concept of Utopia. Continue reading →

Do we still need the telephone?

Just as the use of social media divides opinion, so the arrival of telephones in the office was once seen Continue reading →