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Neuroscience's New Toolbox
The hypothalamus is a small structure deep in the brain that, among other functions, coördinates sensory inputs—the appearance of a rival, for example—with instinctual...
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The Turing Test Is Not What You Think It Is
Whether or not you caught wind of the excited announcement that "Eugene Goostman," a computer program ("chatbot") devised by Vladimir Veselov, Eugene Demchenko,...
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Intelligence Too Big For a Single Machine
Ever since the computer scientist John McCarthy coined the term artificial intelligence in 1955, the field has gone through cycles of boundless optimism and sobering...
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Judge Weighs In on Chatbot’s Turing Test Performance
One of the Turing Test’s judges looks at the test, its results, and what they mean.
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Nasa Instruments on Rosetta Start Comet Science
Three NASA science instruments aboard the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft, which is set to become the first to orbit a comet and land a probe on...
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Ambitious Plans For Brain Project Unveiled
A working group of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) presented a ten-year plan for the agency's portion of a major neuroscience initiative announced last...
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If Robots Drove, How Much Safer Would Roads Be?
Human error is the culprit in 93 percent of automobile crashes—including the pileup last weekend that left Tracy Morgan in critical condition, caused, prosecutors...
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What Comes After the Turing Test?
Over the weekend, the news broke that a "supercomputer" program called "Eugene Goostman"—an impersonation of a wisecracking, thirteen-year-old Ukranian boy—had...
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How Online 'chatbots' Are Already Tricking You
Sometimes it's the promise of sex that fools you.
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Think Fast, Robot
One of the reasons we don't yet have self-driving cars and mini-helicopters delivering online purchases is that autonomous vehicles tend not to perform well under...
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Virtual Soccer Now a World Cup Fan's Best Prediction Tool
Thursday marks the kickoff of the 2014 World Cup, signaling the start of a global guessing game about which two teams will appear in the finals of the 64-match...
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Teenager Unleashes Computer Power For Cancer Diagnosis
Duke University undergraduate Brittany Wenger recently spoke about her research into using artificial intelligence to teach computers to diagnose cancer.
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Innovative Diabetes App For Smartphones
A new smartphone-based system makes it easier for diabetics to plan their meals and control their blood glucose.
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Turing Test Breakthrough as Super-Computer Becomes First to Convince US It's Human
A program that convinced humans it was a 13-year-old boy has become the first computer ever to pass the Turing Test.
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World Cup Kickoff Looms For Demo of Brain-Controlled Machine
During the World Cup next week, there may be 1 minute during the opening ceremony when the boisterous stadium crowd in São Paulo falls silent: when a paraplegic...
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Robots: Can We Trust Them with Our Privacy?
Joss Wright is training a robot to freak people out.
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E launches world’s largest civilian robotics program – 240,000 new jobs expected
The European Commission and 180 companies and research organizations have launched the world’s largest civilian research and innovation program in robotics.
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A Rare Look Inside the Air Force's Drone Training Classroom
Learning how to drop bombs and fire Hellfire missiles is more like sitting in a regular college classroom than you might expect.
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A Tour of Bletchley Park: Codebreaking that Helped Win Wwii, and the Birthplace of the Modern Computer
MI6 called it Station X.
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