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The Downloadable Brain: We're Closer Than We Think to Immortality

The Downloadable Brain: We're Closer Than We Think to Immortality

Stanley Bing Considers Rooting for the Bad Guys in Search of Eternal Life

By Stanley Bing | December 8, 2017

How I Turned My Discarded Novel Drafts Into an AI

How I Turned My Discarded Novel Drafts Into an AI

Could a Computer Learn to Imitate Me?

By Kirsten Menger-Anderson | November 30, 2017

The Promise and Disappointment of Virtual Reality

The Promise and Disappointment of Virtual Reality

A Cultural History of VR—And its Repeated Failure to Catch On

By Mark Riboldi | November 28, 2017

Why the Line Between Fact and Fiction is Even Blurrier Online

Why the Line Between Fact and Fiction is Even Blurrier Online

"The Internet Offers a Secret Life to Everybody"

By Andrew O'Hagan | October 12, 2017

How Technology Makes Us Less Free

How Technology Makes Us Less Free

Franklin Foer: "We’re Drifting Toward Monopoly, Conformism, and Machines"

By Franklin Foer | September 13, 2017

So, Can We Actually Predict Earthquakes?

So, Can We Actually Predict Earthquakes?

On Waiting for the Big One, and the Imprecise Science of Seismology

By Kathryn Miles | August 31, 2017

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It's Been 100 Years and the Robots Still Haven't Taken Over

By Roslynn D. Haynes | August 28, 2017

Twitter and Facebook All in One: On the Rise of China's Weibo

By Alec Ash | March 6, 2017

Encountering Literary Bots in the Wilds of Twitter

By Ellie Broughton | March 2, 2017

Transhumanism: More Nightmare Than Dream?

Transhumanism: More Nightmare Than Dream?

Gabrielle Bellot on the Shadowy Line Between Human and Machine

By Gabrielle Bellot | February 27, 2017

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Who is the Genius Behind Merriam-Webster's Social Media?

In Conversation with a Dictionary

By Emily Temple | November 28, 2016

Are Video Games Teaching Children to Kill?

Are Video Games Teaching Children to Kill?

Lt. Col. Dave Grossman on "Boot Camp for Kids"

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The Apocalypse We Can't Even See: A.I.

The Apocalypse We Can't Even See: A.I.

Even If We Welcome Our New Robot Overlords, They'll Probably Ignore It

By Alan Glynn | October 21, 2016

Who Should Own What in the Digital Age?

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Jeff VanderMeer on Why You Should Care About the End of Black Clock Magazine

By Jeff VanderMeer | October 20, 2016

Small Data is the New Big Data

Small Data is the New Big Data

Two Designers Explain why Personal Documentary Trumps the Quantified Self

By Marta Bausells | October 14, 2016

Lean in, Swipe Right: On Tinder and the Politics of Singledom

Lean in, Swipe Right: On Tinder and the Politics of Singledom

Bridget Read Considers the Future of Sex, and Emily Witt's Future Sex

By Bridget Read | October 13, 2016

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