One complication in our budding romance with AI is that it appears users don’t actually want artificial companions which can match us in intellectual and emotional complexity. And this could negatively impact the expectations we place on our romantic relationships with fellow humans.

Researchers at UC San Francisco have enabled a paralyzed man to control a robotic arm using a device that transmits signals from his brain to a comp

In "AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future," our imagination is based on real-world AI development. And while we proceed from reality, we also imbue our writing with deeper humanistic feelings. This shift stems from my wariness of the "techno-optimism" narrative in traditional hard science fiction.

The road to AGI is paved with bold predictions — and a fair share of over-optimism. In 1965, AI pioneer Herbert A. Simon declared that machines would be capable of doing any human work within 20 years. In the 1980s, Japan’s Fifth Generation Computer project promised machines that could hold casual conversations by the 1990s. Neither materialized.

Google has been promoting an AI slop-filled "science" site titled Science Magazine — which publishes bizarre, error-ridden articles alongside fantastical AI-generated images of nonexistent spacecraft and other oddities — in coveted positions in Google results, including top positions in its News tab and "Top Stories" feature.

It is already better than human intelligence at some tasks. It may become capable of new discoveries.

AI is turning into a must-have for space operations, according to Amazon Web Services' director of aerospace and satellite solutions.