The journal Nature in January published an unusual paper: A team of artificial intelligence researchers had discovered a relatively simple way of turning large language models, like OpenAI’s GPT-4o, ...

By Deepak Ranade In his very inimitable style that blends clarity, with a dash of provocation, Nobel laureate and physicist Richard Feynman remarked: “If our small minds, through some convenience, ...

On Saturday, a developer using Cursor AI for a racing game project hit an unexpected roadblock when the programming assistant abruptly refused to continue generating code, instead offering some ...

I asked ChatGPT what psychology tells us about human nature. Then I looked at what evidence supports these claims. The initial response was comprehensive. Seven major insights about human nature ...

Arbesman reckons that finding computers everywhere may mean we take them for granted, only noticing when they become objects of concern. He wants to reawaken a sense of wonder at computers, and at how ...

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