It remains an open question when a commercial quantum computer will emerge that can outperform classical (non-quantum) machines in speed and energy efficiency while solving real-world combinatorial ...

At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer covers computer science and A.I.

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Plato and Aristotle walking and disputing. Detail from Raphael’s The School of Athens (1509–1511). Credit: Jorge Valenzuela/ Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0, In the Republic, Plato scrutinizes Homer’s ...

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In my writing and rhetoric courses, students have plenty of opinions on whether AI is intelligent: how well it can assess, analyze, evaluate, and communicate information. When I ask whether artificial ...