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Not Playing God

Scientists can make a cell from scratch now. That’s a useful tech for solving many global problems Nature took more than 500mn years to make the first cell, and a few billion to arrive ...
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Artificial intelligence is mastering the kinds of projects that have long helped to build the careers of young mathematicians. What does that mean for their future? Credit...Illustrations by Yoshi ...
German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...
Bumblebees faced with a challenge know how to play ball. Buff-tailed bumblebees can figure out on their own how to use a ball as a ladder to nab sugar from an out-of-reach fake flower, researchers ...
Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...
In mid-May, OpenAI announced that an internal AI model had disproved the Erdős unit distance conjecture, a famous problem in discrete geometry that had stumped human mathematicians for the last 80 ...
Jeff Bezos touched a nerve last week when he argued that taxing billionaires would not solve public education’s problems or meaningfully improve teacher pay. Speaking on CNBC, the Amazon founder said ...
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In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than ...
Study after study has revealed that artificial intelligence is adversely affecting students’ ability to think critically, solve problems, and formulate their own ideas without the assistance of ...
You are doomed to disappointment if you expect perfection in a mature lean organization—even one that’s been at it for 10 or 20 years. Problems still exist in well-run lean manufacturing plants or ...