Yesterday, Redditors on r/Futurism discussed the possibility of an AI computer being so intelligent and self-aware that it realizes its own intelligence is the biggest risk to its existence. (more…)

Videos of Barack Obama made from existing audio, video of him... (more…)

From its inception, AI has had a rather ambivalent relationship to humans---swinging between their augmentation and replacement. Now, as AI technologies enter our everyday lives at an ever increasing pace, there is a greater need for AI systems to work sy... (more…)

Big data could help community colleges better predict how industries are changing so they can tailor their IT courses and other programs. After all, if Amazon can forecast what consumers will buy and prestock items in their warehouses to meet the expec...

Mistaken extrapolations, limited imagination, and other common mistakes that distract us from thinking more productively about the future. (more…)