In theory, playing an immersive video game sounds fun, maybe even a little exhilarating. That’s the kind of entertainment people want in the metaverse — but it isn’t all fun and games. Police in the United Kingdom are currently investigating…
Former Secretary of State and White House national security administrator Henry Kissinger’s last service for his country was to warn his fellow Americans that substituting artificial intelligence for real human intelligence was “simply a mad race” toward “catastrophe.” Kissinger joined…
A visit to HereAfter AI doesn’t feel like a visit to a necromancer. The company’s website is clean and attractive, and it is accented in purple and yellow. A 37-second demo video with fun cartoons and a friendly female voice…
The government has a dilemma: It’s pushing hard for fuel-efficient vehicles, but gas taxes pay for roads. There’s an obvious fix, but are Americans ready for it? Granted, tax credits, subsidies, and government mandates aren’t delivering the electric-vehicle sales surge…
Machines tend to take things literally. As far as your computer is concerned, the world is made of 0s and 1s and governed by algorithms. Even artificial intelligence sees and comprehends the world through a purely computational lens: ChatGPT-4 is…
SACRAMENTO — I still chuckle about a legislative hearing from a few years ago where state lawmakers ultimately approved new restrictions and taxes on electronic vaping devices. They were voting on complex regulations involving different types of relatively complex items…
If there is one thing artificial intelligence should be great at, it’s treating everyone equally. As far as the algorithm is concerned, everyone in the human race can be represented by 0s and 1s. AI doesn’t necessarily see black and…
It’s a horrifying photo — the kind that slams your gut every time you look at it. It started circulating after Israel and Hamas began exchanging airstrikes following Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 terrorist attack. The photo seems to depict an…
“It never occurred to me that I was dreadfully nearsighted,” Ronald Reagan wrote in his 1965 memoir, Where’s the Rest of Me? “I simply thought that the whole world was made up of colored blobs that became distinct when I…
