"First published in the USA by Viking Penguin, 2005"--T.p. verso. Contents Prologue. The power of ideas -- 1. The six epochs -- The intuitive linear view versus the historical exponential view -- The ...

An AI that can translate speech as well as a human could change society. However, some AI researchers are on the hunt for ...

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Elon Musk recently posted that we are on the edge of "the singularity"—a moment when artificial intelligence (AI) surpasses human intelligence in a way that fundamentally transforms civilization. Ray ...

In the world of artificial intelligence, the idea of “singularity” looms large. This slippery concept describes the moment AI exceeds beyond human control and rapidly transforms society. The tricky ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: By one unique metric, we could approach technological singularity by the end of this decade, if not sooner. A translation company developed a metric, ...