COVID-19 Modeling: How Many Coronavirus Deaths by the End of Summer?
Benchmarks for determining accuracy of projections are set.
Computer Simulation
Ronald Bailey and Robin Hanson Talk Robot Overlords at Cato: Video
Hanson presents his new book, The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life when Robots Rule the Earth. I discuss.
Billions of Artificial Robot Brains Take Over the World: New at Reason
A review of The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life When Robots Rule the Earth
Computers as Oracles: True Answers We Won't Understand
DeepMind's AlphaGo may signal the advent of the age of computational thaumaturgy
Artificial Intelligence Pioneer and Transhumanist Marvin Minsky Dies at Age 88
Until the time that Minsky is either revived or uploaded, may he rest in peace
Venezuela Bans GMOs, Utopia via the Borg Collective, and Cancer: Bad Luck or Environment?
A scitech research and policy roundup for January 6, 2016
New Climate Model Simulations Project Global Warming At Rates Unprecedented For At Least the Past 1,000 Years by 2020
A falsifiable prediction finally - only five years away
The Blockchain: A Supercomputer for Reality
"Everything that can be decentralized, will be decentralized."
Will Superintelligent Machines Destroy Humanity?
In a thoughtful new book, a philosopher ponders the potential pitfalls of artificial intelligence.
Is Skynet Inevitable?
Artificial intelligence and the possibility of human extinction
Why Are People "Irrationally" Generous to Strangers?
New research finds that nice guys tend to finish first.