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3 ways Artificial Intelligence will change the world for the better

Artificial Intelligence has the potential to greatly improve things like healthcare, education, poverty and security.

Bumping up the Stakes: Embryo Germline Editing Works Better in Viable Human Embryos

If we want to advance regenerative medicine, society will have to accept a slightly higher level of ethical baggage.

Elon Musk’s new venture seeks to allow us to add extra memory to the brain

Musk's favoured strategy is to hook us into computers, so that we become as clever as state-of-the-art artificial intelligence.

The Origin of Life on Earth and the Design of Alternative Life Forms

To understand the origin of life on Earth, we must understand the pathways that lead from chemistry to biology.

Technology vs Humanity – The Future is already here

Within a decade, we will reach the so-called singularity – the point in time when machines will equal and then surpass human brain power.

Engineering Living Organisms Could Be the World’s Biggest Industry

If you can synthesize DNA faster, then you can conduct more experiments and learn faster. That’s what I’d like to see. More people programming life.

Five reasons the future of brain enhancement is digital, pervasive and (hopefully) bright

Hundreds of firms and research labs around the globe are developing new ways to help brain owners perform at higher levels.

Brain-Computer Interfaces and the Future of Humanity

It might seem like science fiction, but the idea of connecting the brain to a computer isn’t all that new.

No, you can’t get from Narrow AI to AGI

Our real long-term goal is AGI  –  systems that can think, learn, adapt, and reason as well as, or better than, humans.

Cognitive Architectures

General human-level artificial intelligence, or AGI, has certain specific requirements. These cannot be met by any narrow techniques.

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