2023 - To Read

Sam Altman’s firing showed the influence of the social movement and its view that AI development must slow down. His return marked its limits.

Recent papers support that current artificial intelligence paradigm - deep learning - is based on compression.Transformers & diffusion models encode compressed versions of the original data.AI is currently just glorified compression. https://t.co/XvFfTuClFf pic.twitter.com/jnys8KOsQP— Chomba Bupe (@ChombaBupe) November 23, 2023

We asked 100 JS Party listeners what ONE thing they always have to remind themselves when coding. Survey says!

Microsoft, Uber and Dell are among companies interested in adding support to the idea of creating government-sponsored stock investing accounts for every child.

In August of this year, as part of his Red Hand Files correspondence project, legendary musician Nick Cave was asked questions about creativity and ChatGPT by two fans, Leon and Charlie. Nick replied with a single letter, which Stephen Fry joined us to read at the 10th anniversary Letters Live show at London's Royal Albert Hall in November 2023. This letter comes in partnership with Bushmills, the Whiskey Sponsor of the Artist Bar at our 10th anniversary show, and a brand steeped in creativity and storytelling as the world's oldest licensed distillery.

A novel intelligence has roared into the mainstream, sparking euphoric excitement as well as abject fear. Explore the landscape of possible futures in a brave new world of thinking machines, with the very leaders at the vanguard of artificial intelligence. The Big Ideas Series is supported in part by the John Templeton Foundation. Participants: Sébastien Bubeck Tristan Harris Yann LeCun Moderator: Brian Greene SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS on this program through a short survey: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7619273/AI-Grappling-with-a-New-Kind-of-Intelligence WSF Landing Page Link: - SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube Channel and "ring the bell" for all the latest videos from WSF - VISIT our Website: http://www.worldsciencefestival.com - LIKE us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldsciencefestival - FOLLOW us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WorldSciFest

It could be the key to making tomorrow’s smart tech sustainable.

The debut album from Charles Hayward’s new group lives up to the promise of their brilliant live shows for Sean Kitching

When I was 25, I moved to the Netherlands from London. The reasons were two. I wanted to be with my Dutch partner, and I wanted to have a go at writing. Moving abroad, starting a new life with some…

Two recent books, “The Quickening” and “The Parenthood Dilemma,” consider the ethics of procreation in the age of man-made climate change.

It's exhilarating to think that, with the help of generative AI, anyone who can write can also write programs. It’s not so simple.

Three computer scientists have disproved a long-standing conjecture about a fundamental problem involving imperfect information.

How relishing uncertainty can make us better thinkers and neighbors.

Read Dash Lewis’ review of the album.

Watch Rosalía and Björk's "Oral" video. The song is being released to raise funds to help fight open-net salmon farms in Iceland.

You've certainly seen the paintings — but they don't depict what you think they do. Benjamin Moser discusses with Big Think.

Spotify will phase out its service in Uruguay starting in January due to newly enacted copyright restrictions in the country.

Gregg Turkington discusses Neil Hamburger Presents: Seasonal Depression Suite, a hybrid celebrity-record parody and bona fide musical revue.

Listen to ellis' cover of "Everlong" by Foo Fighters for The FADER's charity compilation FADER & Friends Volume 1.

A journey to the centre of techno from one of the scene's most creative crossover DJs.