In virtual experiments, AI repeatedly misread dead digital organisms as self-replicating life.

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The search for life beyond Earth has always been full of surprises. Strange radio signals have sparked excitement. Odd gases on distant worlds have raised questions. Even ordinary objects have been ...

In an experiment to see if AI can detect and even confirm alien life, the answer is a resounding yes. The rest of this ...

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Are we alone in the universe? Consider mysterious "extraterrestrial" radio signals. Unexplained gases on other planets.

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A Daily Mail headline, among many others, warns, “Religious leaders told 'prepare now' for UFO disclosure to unleash Bible-changing revelations.” Next month promises to be a busy one, with Steven ...

A SYSTEM DESIGNED to predict the most likely next word in a sentence can also write good computer code, offer strategic advice and respond with remarkable empathy to human problems. We don’t fully ...

Connecting the dots: Large language models get a lot of bad press – deservedly. However, it is not the fault of the models. Part of the problem is that even the engineers who build them don't fully ...

How large is a large language model? Think about it this way. In the center of San Francisco there’s a hill called Twin Peaks from which you can view nearly the entire city. Picture all of it—every ...