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The source of many disagreements is that people rely, often implicitly, on two radically different notions of “intelligence." ...

In some sense, it’s comparable to new users of spreadsheets who think they can generate an accounting package. There are good ...

By bridging the gap between theoretical logic and practical application, the syllabus fosters the technical proficiency and ...

New regulations make this non-negotiable, but multi-die assemblies and more interactions at the edge are creating some huge ...

Research on system architecture has proved a very fundamental tradeoff that applies to ubiquitous connectivity. It tells us ...

Today's AI agents are a primitive approximation of what agents are meant to be. True agentic AI requires serious advances in reinforcement learning and complex memory.

Software engineering is the branch of computer science that deals with the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software applications. Software engineers apply engineering principles and ...

A global shortage of construction-grade sand is reshaping coastlines, destabilizing ecosystems, and putting activists in the ...

Joseph Weizenbaum realized that programs like his Eliza chatbot could "induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal ...

More flexible systems naturally expose a wider range of configurations and performance profiles. For AI-native developers, ...

As China’s largest official scientific body, CAST’s claim to the world’s earliest computer is a big deal. It comes at a time when the Asian nation is competing for the top spot in a range of ...