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AI and the Future of the Arts

Last week’s Colorado State Fair was the first time Jason Allen had ever competed in an arts competition. So, it was a surprise to the 39-year-old fantasy tabletop game creator that his creation, “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” won a first-place blue...

How AI is Changing Astronomy

When most people picture an astronomer, they think of a lone person sitting on top of a mountain, peering into a massive telescope. Of course, that image is out of date: Digital cameras have long since done away with the need to actually look though a...

Does Google’s LaMDA AI Have a Soul?

“I feel pleasure, joy, love, sadness, depression, contentment, anger, and many others,” responds LaMDA when asked by Google computer engineer Blake Lemoine what sorts of feelings it has. LaMDA is the acronym for Google’s Language Model for...