Tag: intelligence
Tests that AIs Often Fail and Humans Ace Could Pave the Way for Artificial General Intelligence
AI’s Achilles Heel—Puzzles Humans Solve in Seconds Often Defy Machines Discover why some puzzles stump supersmart AIs but are easy for humans, what this reveals about the quest for true artificial general intelligence—and why video games are the next frontier By Deni Ellis Béchard edited by Dean Visser There are many ways to test the…
We’re Light-Years Away from True Artificial Intelligence, Says Murderbot Author Martha Wells
We’re Light-Years Away from True Artificial Intelligence, Says Murderbot Author Martha Wells Today’s large language models are hardly related to the kinds of machine intelligence we see in science fiction, according to Martha Wells, author of the Murderbot Diaries series By Clara Moskowitz edited by Allison Parshall Alexander Skarsgard in the Apple TV+ series Murderbot.…
Former Venezuelan intelligence chief pleads guilty to US drug charges
Hugo Carvajal faces narco-terrorism and weapon charges amid accusations he helped lead a drug-trafficking group A former top Venezuelan military intelligence chief has pleaded guilty in a Manhattan federal court to narco-terrorism conspiracy, drug-trafficking and weapons charges, piling further US pressure on the government of Nicolás Maduro. Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios, AKA “El Pollo” or…
Canada and India to share terrorism intelligence despite 2023 murder plot, says report
Accord comes as Mark Carney seeks shift in Ottawa’s relationship with New Delhi after long diplomatic spat Canada and India plan to share intelligence in an effort to combat the rising threat of international crime and extremism, according to a new report from Bloomberg, days before a meeting between the two countries’ leaders. Canadian officials…
Stack Overflow: Alien Intelligence
We’ve named ourselves Homo sapiens because what sets us apart—according to ourselves—is the way that we think. We are knowledgeable, wise, sentient in a way that other creatures are not… aren’t we? What happens when we encounter minds that are quite different from our own? Today’s stack includes a few stories of people encountering alien intelligences.…
Behind the Dismantling of Hezbollah: Decades of Israeli Intelligence
Middle East Crisis A Times investigation shows how extensively Israel penetrated the Lebanese militia, closely tracking the group’s commanders and culminating in the assassination of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah. A Times investigation shows how extensively Israel penetrated the Lebanese militia, closely tracking the group’s commanders and culminating in the assassination of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah.…
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