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Computer with human-like learning will program itself

Technology

Computer with human-like learning will program itself

The Neural Turing Machine will combine the best of number-crunching with the human-like adaptability of neural networks – so it can invent its own programs

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Told by a robot: Fiction by storytelling computers

Told by a robot: Fiction by storytelling computers

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Automatic authors: Making machines that tell tales

Life

Automatic authors: Making machines that tell tales

Features

Mind expanding: Can you increase your IQ?

Life

Mind expanding: Can you increase your IQ?

Features

Buttonmasher: Gaming bots learn from how we play

Technology

Buttonmasher: Gaming bots learn from how we play

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Brain drain: Are we evolving stupidity?

Life

Brain drain: Are we evolving stupidity?

Features

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Mind

It would be stupid to ignore a drop in human intellect

Leader

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Technology

One Per Cent

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The new Google? Baidu's big plans to bust out of China

Technology

The new Google? Baidu's big plans to bust out of China

Analysis

We must prepare for superintelligent computers

Technology

We must prepare for superintelligent computers

One day we will create artificial intelligences far superior to us. Designing them wisely is the greatest challenge we face, says philosopher Nick Bostrom

Opinion

Technology

The AI boss that deploys Hong Kong's subway engineers

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Technology

No Skynet: Turing test 'success' isn't all it seems

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Health

Learn a second language to slow ageing brain's decline

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Technology

Watson in your pocket: Supercomputer gets own apps

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