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Tech

Why Google’s Neural Networks Look Like They’re on Acid

06.29.15

By Sophie Weiner
Tech

Watch These Mind-controlled Robots Help Disabled Users Defeat Physical Barriers

06.26.15

By Adam Owen
Tech

This AI Learned How to Design Mario Levels by Watching YouTube

06.25.15

By Emanuel Maiberg
Tech

Google’s New Chatbot Taught Itself to Be Creepy

06.22.15

By Jason Koebler
Sex

A Chess Genius and an Erotica Publisher Are Making the Perfect Dirty Talk Chatbot

06.20.15

By Jennifer Schaffer
Travel

Was This Psychedelic Image Made by Man or Machine?

06.18.15

By Ysabelle Cheung
Tech

Snapshots of an AI’s Psychedelic ‘Dreams’

06.18.15

By Emiko Jozuka
Tech

This AI Used ‘Neuroevolution’ to Teach Itself How to Play ‘Super Mario World’

06.15.15

By Clinton Nguyen
Tech

Are Our Brains Really Just Computers?

06.12.15

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

The AI That Learned Magic (the Gathering)

06.12.15

By Brian Merchant
Tech

Algorithms Are Getting Better at Matching Your Different Social Media Profiles

06.10.15

By Jordan Pearson
Tech

Artificial Intelligence Solved the Mystery of Flatworm Regeneration

06.10.15

By Theresa Locker

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