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Dec 8, 2023
Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, and the Quest for Fire
We have to be seriously concerned about the role AI systems may play in society. We need to invent the fire of our times before we let AI loose on our society.
Sep 10, 2018
The Evolution of Emergent Computation
Many systems in nature consist of a large number of relatively simple units that interact only locally, and without a central control, yet the system as a whole can produce intricate globally coordinated behaviors.
Feb 7, 2014
Books are Maps of Nature, Screens are Maps of Nothing
Our Stone Age brains never had or needed a way to process written symbolic language.
Oct 22, 2013
You Know About “Bio-Inspired Tech,” But You May Not Have Heard About “Tech-Inspired Biology”
How understanding technology can better elucidate evolution.<em>Understanding evolution can lead to better technology. But did you know that understanding technology can better elucidate evolution? …that technology itself is evolving over time to discover truths about our biology?</em>
Jun 11, 2013
How The Human Face Might Look In 100,000 Years
What will we look like 100,000 years from now?
Feb 7, 2013
How Mark Changizi Conquered Colorblindness With Glasses
A pair of researchers have developed a wearable eyeglass device that effectively cures red-green color blindness.
Dec 19, 2012
Tool-Using Orangutans Learn Like Humans
When do orangutans start to form ideas about their world—specifically, how and when to use certain tools?
Dec 7, 2012
Basketball Isn’t a Sport. It’s a Statistical Network
Sabermetrics, for those who haven’t seen Moneyball, is the objective analysis of baseball using game stats.
Nov 15, 2012
Ancient Weapons May Illuminate Modern Man’s Evolution
People were using weapons deeper into our evolutionary past than we previously thought.
Sep 4, 2012
Aspiration Makes Us Human
Our drive to exceed our evolutionary limits sets us apart from other beasts
Aug 29, 2012
Using Evolution to Understand Apple’s Business Model
Compared to competing companies, they routinely blow everybody else out of the water. How is this the case?
Aug 24, 2012
Video-Gaming Fish Play Out the Advantages of Groups
A video game designed for predatory fish might have unraveled some lingering evolutionary questions
Aug 22, 2012
Bonobo Genius Makes Stone Tools Like Early Humans Did
The findings will fuel the ongoing debate over whether stone tools mark the beginning of modern human culture.
Aug 22, 2012
Taking Over From Evolution: How Technology Could Enhance Humanity
The 21st century and beyond promises an array of novel methods for enhancing human cognition.
Jul 26, 2012
‘Darwinian Agriculture’ Explains How Evolution Can Improve Agriculture
What we need is a plant able to produce more with a given amount of water.
Jul 13, 2012
The Evolution of Abundance: An Interview with Steven Kotler
four emerging forces that give everyone on this planet the power and opportunity to significantly increase global standards of living.
Jul 3, 2012
Use Woofound, Learn Evolution.
It is important to note that evolution is not just about biological change.
Jun 16, 2012
UCSB scientists synthesize first genetically evolved semiconductor material
Scientists used genetic engineering and molecular evolution to direct the enzymatic synthesis of a semiconductor.
Jun 1, 2012
Robots and Human Evolution
Biologist is building general robots in order to better understand biological evolution.
Apr 17, 2012
How Orangutan Engineers Build Safe and Comfortable Treetop Beds
"evolution of intelligence can be driven by the need to deal with the mechanical environment, rather than the prevailing orthodoxy that it’s only the social environment that’s important"
Feb 24, 2012
Real Fish Welcome Robotic Overlord Into Their School
If accepted by the animals, robotic fish may act as leaders.
Feb 16, 2012
Turning to Evolution and Ants to Combat Computer Viruses
"The idea is to deploy thousands of different types of digital ants, each looking for evidence of a threat"
Feb 3, 2012
An Israeli professor’s ‘Eureqa’ moment
Researchers created a computer program that generates mathematical formulas which explain various scientific phenomena.
Jan 13, 2012
Deciphering communication: learning from robots
A joint research project conducted at UNIL and EPFL enabled the scientists to follow the evolution of communication in 100 group
Jan 5, 2012
Robots: An Evolving Breed
Robots need “adaptive behavior” to accommodate changing circumstances
Dec 4, 2011
The Internet: Triumph of human evolution
Technology should be seen as part of our planet’s grand evolutionary narrative.
Sep 13, 2011
Scientists strive to create inorganic life
Scottish team of scientists are hoping their will enable them to create life out of inorganic molecules.