The best thing about my Mac Studio is its mustache
Not to be all Marie Kondo about it, but my Mac Studio sparks joy in me every day, and it’s not because it’s the fastest computer I’ve ever owned. It’s…
Chipotle’s New Robot Can Prep 25 Pounds of Avocados in Half the Time It Takes a Human
Last year, fast-casual restaurant chain Chipotle brought in a new employee: Chippy the chip-making robot. Chippy was tasked with slicing corn tortillas into triangles, frying them, tossing them with lime…
Sony agrees to a Call of Duty deal with Microsoft
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Sony has agreed to a deal for Call of Duty with Microsoft to keep the franchise on PlayStation after the proposed Activision Blizzard…
Those new M3-equipped iMacs may be coming in October.
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Apple may do a new product launch in October, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his Power On newsletter today, and he…
The heat wave scorching the US is a self-perpetuating monster
Enlarge / The sun sets during a heatwave in Peoria, Arizona, July 11, 2023. (credit: Ash Ponders/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Just weeks after a third of the US population was…
Bizarre ancient sea creature brings evolution mystery to the surface
Enlarge / That blue tube is actually a very close relative of vertebrates. (credit: Gerard Soury) Beneath the waves, there are strange, almost alien creatures that raise questions about the…
It’s crafty, fish-stealing sharks vs. anglers in NatGeo’s Bull Shark Bandits
Enlarge / Spydro camera image of a bull shark stealing a fish on the team’s line. (credit: National Geographic) Weipa is a small coastal mining town in Queensland, located in…
GPT4 agrees that machine consciousness could spontaneously ignite with fairly modest progress from current AI.
Before your eyes start to roll, let me point out that no digital computer or algorithm can ever become conscious. That includes the biggest fastest digital supercomputers, chatGPT, Bard and…
Too late for a pause. We could get minimal AI consciousness by Xmas.
I have written numerous blog posts about the promises and perils of AI, as well as suggesting fundamental principles and mechanisms for achieving machine consciousness. My journey in the field…
Software and Knowledge Transformers
Resistance if futile, you will be assimilated’ is a well-known Star trek quote. We’re not ready for Human assimilation stage yet – we need to wait for a full EDNA…