The English novelist Ian McEwan turned 77 this summer—“on that last bit of slippery slope to 80, where you can no longer pretend to be 32,” he says—and he seems to be contemplating his legacy more and ...

Population estimates say the Earth’s human population may pass 10 billion people in 2080. But what goes up must come down.

At the UN General Assembly, now underway, world leaders are gathering to confront some of today’s greatest crises: Palestine, ...

This study builds on years of work analyzing the phenomenon and coming to terms with what such an evolutionary transition ...

AI safety expert Nate Soares told BI rushing to build superintelligence is "overwhelmingly likely" to wipe us out — but said ...

As someone who spends most of my waking hours exploring how emerging technologies transform business and society, I occasionally encounter perspectives that fundamentally shift how I view our ...

AI brings us face to face with our ignorance and challenges us to ask who we are and what we want to do when we are not the ones in control. Photo: The Shadow Robot company's dextrous hand robot ...

Speakers said AI is changing how people view ethics, and the Christian faith tradition has much to say about how the ...