As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more and more integrated into society, two divergent narratives have captured the public imagination. On one end of the spectrum, the "AI apocalypse" scenario ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." You don’t exactly become a world-renowned futurist by making safe predictions. And while all of those ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I met Christof Koch in 1994 at the first of ...

That's how Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman described Moltbook, a Reddit-style forum built entirely for bots. In a LinkedIn post on Monday, Suleyman said MoltBook is a powerful demonstration of how ...

Looking back on that night on the mountain, I’m tempted to call it a singularity—a sudden leap forward in consciousness. Sometimes it’s only much later that we find words for an experience we’ve had ...

How consciousness arises in the brain is no clearer after two big theories go head-to-head, but the competition's design could push the field forward. “Theories are like toothbrushes,” it’s sometimes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Microsoft's AI CEO said Moltbook shows how easily convincing bots get mistaken for conscious beings. Mustafa Suleyman called ...