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The 4 ingredients to create consciousness could explain our own minds

Technology

The 4 ingredients to create consciousness could explain our own minds

Despite decades of effort, we have been unable to understand how our brains create consciousness. An engineering approach could bring a breakthrough

Leader

Ad Astra: Pirates and space monkeys can't save dull space psychodrama

Space

Ad Astra: Pirates and space monkeys can't save dull space psychodrama

Culture

OpenAI's bots are playing hide and seek

Technology

AI learns to defy the laws of physics to win at hide-and-seek

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UK court backs police use of face recognition, but fight isn't over

Technology

UK court backs police use of face recognition, but fight isn't over

Analysis

A cctv camera

Technology

AIs that deblur faces could make people on CCTV easier to identify

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Mind meld: Artificial intelligence is improving the way humans think

Technology

Mind meld: Artificial intelligence is improving the way humans think

Features

Soldiers assigned to 2nd Infantry Division Artillery, 7th Infantry Division (ID) fire an M777 155 mm howitzer at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho

Technology

The US Army is developing AI missiles that find their own targets

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Judges of the European Court of Human Rights listen in Strasbourg, eastern France, on October 31, 2017. French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the European Court of Human Rights, where he is expected to defend France's controversial anti-terror law that gives authorities permanent powers to search homes, shut places of worship and restrict the movements of suspected extremists. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Jean-Francois Badias (Photo credit should read JEAN-FRANCOIS BADIAS/AFP/Getty Images)

Technology

AI learns to predict the outcomes of human rights court cases

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The hardest thing about robots? Teaching them to cope with us

Technology

The hardest thing about robots? Teaching them to cope with us

Regulars

Macaques eating rice

Life

Macaques really can use logical reasoning to solve puzzles

Macaques are good puzzle solvers, but it was unclear if they use logic or just made choices to maximise their reward. Now a test shows logic really is involved

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Life

Don't Miss: African origins, deadly mozzies and meeting of minds

Culture

Technology

This self-riding bicycle follows you around while you walk

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Technology

It's too soon to tell if DeepMind's medical AI will save any lives

Analysis

Technology

AI passes theory of mind test by imagining itself in another's shoes

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