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Artificial Intelligence

Matthew Hutson on January 4, 2024

Recently a panel of experts convened in Qatar for the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Summit. Here's what was on their minds.

Artificial Intelligence

4 Technologists Debate the Future of AI

Matthew Hutson on November 30, 2022

Can we trust artificial intelligence? Will it take our jobs? Can it be creative?

Artificial Intelligence

What I Learned by Creating AI to Play Codenames

Matthew Hutson on April 5, 2022

I decided to try my hand at making a program that performs passably at Codenames.

Artificial Intelligence

Is AI Research a 'Cesspit'?

Matthew Hutson on April 18, 2021

Researchers worry about the risks of AI, which can invade privacy or write fake news. They're debating whether peer review should consider social impact alongside scientific merit.

Neuroscience

The Future of the Brain: Implants, Ethics, and AI

Matthew Hutson on December 30, 2019

What is the future of the study of the brain, and what is the future of the brain itself?

Creativity

The Future of Cities

Matthew Hutson on December 27, 2019

Cities will increasingly define our futures, so what’s the future of cities?

Artificial Intelligence

Can Artificial Intelligence Increase Our Morality?

Matthew Hutson on December 9, 2019

Just as we define our technologies, they define us.

Education

How to Train (Ethical) Hackers

Matthew Hutson on September 28, 2018

By 2022, the demand for qualified cybersecurity personnel will outstrip supply by 1.8 million workers. What can the industry do to reduce this global threat?

Artificial Intelligence

What a “Minimal Turing Test” Says About Humans

Matthew Hutson on September 21, 2018

In a “Minimal Turing Test,” people and machines get only one word to convince a human judge that they’re alive. What would you say?

Personality

Are There Really Four Personality Types?

Matthew Hutson on September 17, 2018

Before you start calling yourself a Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, or Charlotte, let’s see what researchers really found.

Dreaming

Lunch with Deepak IV: Drama, Obama’s Dog, and the Pope

Matthew Hutson on June 5, 2018

A skeptic and a mystic seek common ground. Part four of four.

Spirituality

Lunch with Deepak III: Bullsh*t, Dawkins, and Watson

Matthew Hutson on June 5, 2018

A skeptic and a mystic seek common ground. Part three of four.

Synesthesia

Lunch with Deepak II: Hawking, Synesthesia, and Scientism

Matthew Hutson on June 5, 2018

A skeptic and a mystic seek common ground. Part two of four.

Religion

Lunch with Deepak I: LSD, Quantum Healing, and Plato

Matthew Hutson on June 4, 2018

A skeptic and a mystic seek common ground. Part one of four.

Religion

Do Not Debate Deepak Chopra

Matthew Hutson on March 28, 2018

Do not debate Deepak Chopra. Not because he’s right. Or because he’s wrong. But because he will not play ball.

Suicide

The Girl Logan Paul Rode With No Handlebars Speaks Up

Matthew Hutson on March 26, 2018

She speaks about the complex emotions around victimhood, the role of plus-size models, and her advice for Logan Paul.

Artificial Intelligence

A Law Enforcement A.I. Is No More or Less Biased Than People

Matthew Hutson on January 17, 2018

When does it make sense to rely on algorithms?

Gratitude

A Con Artist’s Best Accomplice Is You

Matthew Hutson on November 19, 2015

A couple months ago I got hustled in Istanbul, and it illuminated how much con games are like judo.

Memory

Why Candy Crush Is Like Life

Matthew Hutson on March 29, 2015

Candy Crush is a lot like life. I don’t mean to say life is just a grid of colorful confections waiting to be destroyed by your pointer finger; I mean to say they both rely on the same set of cognitive processes. Here’s a rundown.

Personality

Computers Judge Personality Better Than People Do

Matthew Hutson on January 12, 2015

New research shows that a simple algorithm adding up your Facebook Likes can actually assess your soul better than your soulmate can.