Another layer of mystery surrounding the ancient computer known as the Antikythera Mechanism has been decoded using, of all things, a technique developed for analyzing gravitational waves generated by the collision of black holes as they pass through the Earth. This analysis not only settles a long-standing issue with aread more
Today’s machine learning programs—more commonly referred to as artificial intelligence—have a serious handicap: due to the large amounts of computing power required for these modern miracles to function, they’re extremely energy hungry, with the servers and supercomputers that run these programs oftentimes consuming upwards of tens of millions of wattsread more
The Singularity: a point in humanity’s future where technological growth has exceeded our ability to control its development, quite probably facilitated through the actions of a runaway artificial intelligence seeking to improve its own capabilities and knowledge. While no one knows when—or even if—this hypothetical event will occur, there isread more
Scientists have discovered the first known material that is capable of remembering previous external stimuli—the first known memory material—despite not having an apparent mechanism that would be able to store any information. The discovery could be used as an alternative to silicon for use in powerful data processing and storageread more