NASA’s mission to an ice-covered moon will contain a message between water worlds
Europa Clipper will contain a plaque that celebrates humanity’s relationship with water and a decades-old tradition of searching for life outside Earth.
Douglas Vakoch, President, METI International; Professor Emeritus, California Institute of Integral Studies •
conversation
March 28, 2024 • ~8 min
March 28, 2024 • ~8 min
How AI and a popular card game can help engineers predict catastrophic failure – by finding the absence of a pattern
What mathematicians call ‘disordered collections’ can help engineers explore real-world worst-case scenarios. The simple card game Set illustrates how to predict internet and electrical grid failures.
John Edward McCarthy, Professor of Mathematics, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis •
conversation
March 26, 2024 • ~7 min
March 26, 2024 • ~7 min
We’ve been here before: AI promised humanlike machines – in 1958
Enthusiasm for the capabilities of artificial intelligence – and claims for the approach of humanlike prowess –has followed a boom-and-bust cycle since the middle of the 20th century.
Danielle Williams, Postdoctoral Fellow in Philosophy of Science, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis •
conversation
Feb. 29, 2024 • ~8 min
Feb. 29, 2024 • ~8 min
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