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US-China tech war: China to overtake America in core 21st century technologies within next decade, Harvard report predicts Moravec‘s Paradox

US-China tech war: China to overtake America in core 21st century technologies within next decade, Harvard report predicts

China is poised to gain on the US in the fields of AI, 5G, quantum information science, semiconductors, biotechnology and green energy In some areas, China is already leading the US, according to a report from the Harvard Kennedy School Read More
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December 9, 2021
Who’s watching? How governments used the pandemic to normalize surveillance Moravec‘s Paradox

Who’s watching? How governments used the pandemic to normalize surveillance

BUSAN, South Korea —  Son Eun-ji’s newborn son will begin the first months of his life in a sci-fi-like home in the middle of a sparse river delta that was until recently sprawling fields of scallions. The young family will move early next year into an experimental project showcasing South Korea’s…
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December 9, 2021
DeepMind cracks ‘knot’ conjecture that bedeviled mathematicians for decades Moravec‘s Paradox

DeepMind cracks ‘knot’ conjecture that bedeviled mathematicians for decades

Home News A knot and a graph representing the problems that the artificial intelligence program DeepMind tackled. (Image credit: DeepMind) The artificial intelligence (AI) program DeepMind has gotten closer to proving a math conjecture that's bedeviled mathematicians for decades and revealed another new conjecture that may unravel how mathematicians understand…
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December 6, 2021