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The true genius of automata
An automaton chess player bewitched the public of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries - but its real value was all-too-human...
Gaby WoodMay 26, 2023
AI Week: Will the Machines Take Over?
Engelsberg Ideas explores the world of Artificial Intelligence.
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Karel Čapek’s robots took on a life of their own
The Czech playwright’s invention perfectly distilled twentieth-century anxieties about modernity, science, and technology...
Anna ParkerMay 22, 2023
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ChatGPT: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
First as tragedy, then as farce. That’s the history of Silicon Valley...
Andrew KeenMay 22, 2023
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The Spying Game Will Find a Use for AI
Spies have always applied the latest technology to their craft: Artificial Intelligence will be no different...
David OmandMay 22, 2023
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The Ancient Forerunner of AI
The myth of Talos gave us the original AI dilemma...
Adrienne MayorMay 24, 2023
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Victor Frankenstein’s bad habits
Mary Shelley's legendary creation Victor Frankenstein symbolises modernity’s overweening ambition and potential for self-destruction...
Patricia FaraMay 24, 2023