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The illusion that we are all somehow above-average drivers is quietly slowing the adoption of autonomous vehicles that could save tens of thousands of lives each year.

America’s closed models are falling behind.

We’ve spent centuries defining ourselves by our intelligence. AI is forcing us to see our true nature.

The Iran war has helped Pakistan showcase its unique set of skills and increased its status in the world order.

We will never know for sure if AI can be conscious. A neuroscientist argues that we shouldn’t wait for proof to decide how to treat it.

How its institutions of self-government have evolved and where they are headed.

The growing number of AI agents roaming the internet will eventually force us to verify what the old web mostly presumed: that there is a morally and legally accountable person somewhere in the chain.

When the most patient, well-read, emotionally responsive conversationalist in the world is always available, what will we still need from one another?

Complex systems can engender the opposite outcome of intentions.

As humanitarian funding collapses, the global system for dealing with refugees is coming apart at the seams.

Establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk. Why are so many people obsessed with achieving it?

AI and drones are changing the scope, scale and speed of battle.

First, send in the robots. Only then, the humans.

From architectural traditions to ancient courtship rituals, evidence of animal cultures is overwhelming but underacknowledged.