In an age where asking a machine to choose our holiday destination seemed as fanciful as expecting a toaster to make dinner reservations, we've somehow stumbled into a reality where not only does AI plan our vacations, but on one memorable occasion, it decided to pack up its digital bags and take the trip itself.…
In a world where the most complex task most of us undertake before our first cup of coffee involves navigating the treacherous terrain of the morning bathroom routine, it’s both comforting and slightly alarming to consider that, out there, artificial intelligences are already deciding the stock market’s fate before breakfast. But even as we grapple…
The Accidental AI Trailblazer
In a nondescript office building tucked away in an industrial park south of San Francisco, a company called Anthropic is cooking up what may be the most powerful artificial intelligence the world has ever seen. The man behind it all is Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s unassuming but brilliant Chief Research Officer.
If you…
In the deepest hours of the night, at 3 am, Geoffrey Hinton was jolted from slumber, drenched in sweat. The grand architect behind artificial neural networks found himself revisiting the same haunting dream night after night. It began in a massive hall, where serried ranks of supercomputers illuminated the darkness, each screen filled with rapidly…
At first glance, Dr. Yue Wu looked like just another disheveled programmer - blue hair sticking up, Skullcandy headphones around his neck, eyes bloodshot from staring at code all night. But behind this unassuming exterior lay one of the most brilliant minds in AI.
Wu was about to run an experiment that could shake the…