Biologists Give 3 Reasons Why AI Isn’t Conscious (Yet)

One of the biggest debates in tech at the moment is the question of whether current AI models can become conscious. Whatever “conscious” means. According to a group of biologists, current AI models are far from it – but it’s not because consciousness can only appear in biological systems. They identify which key properties an artificial system would have to fulfill to become more like the human brain and hence have a chance at developing consciousness. Let’s take a look.

Plot Twist: New Milky Way Data Incompatible With Dark Matter AND Modified Gravity

For decades, astrophysicists have told us that the Milky Way sits inside a huge halo of dark matter. But new measurements of how the outer stars of our galaxy move don't seem to fit that picture, nor the main alternative, modified gravity. So what's going on? Let's take a look.

The Experts Were Wrong About AI. Again.

For years, experts have tried to predict how fast artificial intelligence would progress, and they've been wrong again and again. Benchmarks they expected in a decade fell in a year. But in some areas, they got it wrong in the opposite direction. Let's take a look.

Quantum Effects Can Shape Human Thought, Physicist Shows

Nearly everything published about quantum physics in the brain is nonsense. This time a physicist in Istanbul has come up with something different, and the key move is that quantum effects don't need to last long to leave a permanent mark. No exotic new physics required, and there's a concrete way to test it. Let's take a look.

First Evidence for Quantum Gravity?

In October 2022, a detector in Russia caught a single photon with an energy far beyond anything our particle colliders can produce. According to physics as we know it, it should never have made it to Earth. Now a team of physicists says it might be the first evidence for quantum gravity. Let's take a look.

Make AI Believe in God to Keep Humans Safe, Scientist Argues

AI is getting more capable and more dangerous by the day, and nobody knows how to keep it on our side. One computer scientist has an answer as creative as simple: give AI a religion. Specifically, tell it that we're all living inside a computer simulation run by an omniscient programmer-god. Ingenious or stupid? Let's take a look.

One Million Dollars for Telling the Truth. Who Might Win It?

A billionaire investor has put up a million dollars a year for scientists who stuck with unpopular results and turned out to be right. I think it's a timely idea and a good one. I also have a list of people who might deserve it, and one name on that list comes with a complication you have to hear to believe. Let's take a look.