Artificial Intelligence

The problem with testing a self-driving artificial intelligence is that things can be very, very messy if things go wrong.As with...

For someone who's dead certain that artificial intelligence will one day lead to a Skynet-style robot apocalypse that will wipe out...

  The Orville is Seth MacFarlane's take on a Star Trek-style space adventure, complete with new galaxy, ship, and crew (who still...

As humans, we have both learned and innate behaviors. While some few, basic behaviors come to us instinctively, many more are learned...

If you could store your personality in a robot, would you? What might you ask a robot who's been programmed with the same data that...

Artificial intelligence is paving the way to technologies previously seen only aboard the USS Enterprise: teleporters and cyborgs...

The idea of robots becoming people is ingrained in popular culture, from Bicentennial Man to A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, to more...

In the future there will likely be fleets of self-driving cars, keeping roadways safe and free of human error. And if the...

The artificial intelligence experts at Facebook are at it again. The social media juggernaut recently published an open paper on...

Good news, everyone! According to Elon Musk, there's no need to worry about a preemptive nuclear attack from North Korea. Instead, we...

One of the most well-attended and energetic panels at Escape Velocity this year was "Artificial Intelligence: How Close Are We...And...

Can we trust artificial intelligence to be moral? If it decides that humanity is a threat and needs to be destroyed, we can try to...

As anyone who can't function properly without their smartphone will tell you, humans are increasingly augmenting our brains with...

In the Star Trek universe, the Borg is a group of alien cyborgs linked together via the collective hive mind, or "the Hive." They...

It's a sad day for teenage pizza delivery guys everywhere, but great news for those who hate waiting for pizza: Ford has teamed up...

Sharks get a bad rep for the most part - while we're all very afraid of these pointy-toothed beasts, in most of the world, it's very...

From Barbarella's daring ensembles to the mini-dresses and blazing gold communicators of the original Star Trek series to the sleek,...

Autonomous vehicles have been a staple of sci-fi for a while, but they're quickly becoming a promising, potentially life-saving...

The problem with Terminator 2's opening scene is that it makes robot murderbots look incredibly cool. If given the chance, what...

Depending on which tech industry giant you're speaking to, artificial intelligence can be a touchy subject. Facebook's Mark...