A provocative theory circulating among artificial intelligence researchers suggests that once machines achieve human-level intelligence and beyond, they might create something entirely unexpected: a ...

An understanding of the passage of time is fundamental to human consciousness. While we continue to debate whether artificial intelligence (AI) can possess consciousness, one thing is certain: AI will ...

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The history of humanity on Earth spans well over a million years. Ancient human species such as Australopithecus, who walked ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is demonstrating self-preservation tendencies. Critics warn that humans shouldn’t grant legal rights to AI and should be prepared to pull the plug if necessary.

Karpathy says that despite being an AI researcher, the speed at which the technology is advancing often makes him feel like he is falling behind.