We have always moved toward whatever makes consciousness easier to carry. I'll suggest that this instinct predates algorithms and screens and perhaps even writing itself. It's not a modern weakness or ...

What if the greatest threat to human creativity isn’t that artificial intelligence (AI) will surpass us but that it will leave us wondering what remains uniquely ours? As machines begin to master the ...

I’m a heavy sleeper. I wake up everyday feeling like I’ve been bulldozed over, rolling around and fermenting in my consciousness, like a grain malt steeping in the darkness. Sometimes, especially ...

When Lex Fridman visited our MIT AI Venture Studio class to talk about the future of AI, we got into some pretty interesting ideas about the near future. At the top of Lex's comments, he talked about ...

Google’s former AI chief, Geoffrey Hinton distinguishes between two ways in which AI poses an existential threat to humanity. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP) (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP) ...

Existentialism is a philosophy that focuses on our freedom to find meaning and take responsibility for our actions. Existential therapy helps people cope with anxiety and make authentic choices by ...