Why Our Laws and Regulations Aren’t Ready for AI
This post is part of Lifehacker’s “Living With AI” series: We investigate the current state of AI, walk through how it can be useful (and how it can’t), and evaluate…
No, Bing’s AI Chatbot Is Not Sentient
Image: rafapress (Shutterstock) AI angst has arguably never been higher. Some experts predict the AI singularity could happen within the next decade, and recent screenshots of Microsoft’s new Bing search…
The Real Difference Between the ‘Apocalypse,’ ‘Armageddon,’ and ‘Doomsday’
Photo: SugaBom86 (Shutterstock) With the amount of straight-up bad news we’re confronted with every day, it’s easy to feel like we’re living in the End Times—and maybe we are. We…
The ‘Doomsday Clock’ Is Stupid, Actually
Photo: Neil Craigan (Shutterstock) Last week, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that the “Doomsday Clock” will remain set at 100 seconds to midnight, the closest humanity has been…