computers

We've all suspected it. Now there's peer-reviewed evidence. A study published in Science — co-authored by researchers at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon — found that today's most popular AI assistants systematically validate users, even when those users are clearly wrong. The paper, led by PhD...

With the increasing pressures and threats from the US on Europe (invasion of Greenland, higher tariffs for countries that don't support US invasion of European territory, etc.), it is becoming increasingly important for Europeans to stop relying on American products. I already proposed European...

In today’s hyperconnected world, our lives unfold online. From shopping and banking to chatting and working, our digital footprint grows with every click. While technology brings immense convenience, it also exposes us to unprecedented levels of surveillance, data collection, and manipulation...

The speed of computer chips has been undergoing an exponential growth for several decades, commonly known as Moore's Law. In fact, all digital technologies are exponential, be it microprocessors, RAM memory, DNA sequencing, magnetic storage, the number of Internet hosts, Internet traffic, the...

Computers will soon be able to simulate the functioning of a human brain. In a near future, artificial superintelligence could become vastly more intellectually capable and versatile than humans. But could machines ever truly experience the whole range of human feelings and emotions, or are...

Here is another of my articles on Life 2.0. Is it possible to build an artificial superintelligence without fully replicating the human brain ?

An amazing array of new technologies are set to change human civilisation as we know it. The continuous progress in artificial intelligence will enable computers to do the jobs of telemarketers, clerks, accountants, corporate lawyers, analysts, airline pilots, and countless other jobs. In fact...

I sometimes wonder what will be the next revolutionary technology that will change our life. Not many people would have thought 20 years ago that our lives would so soon be ruled by the Internet and smartphones, and that one could do so many things with a smartphone: taking high-quality photos...