Author: DPstaff
Khan has ‘no issue with whoever is appointed as army chief’
Former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supremo Imran Khan on Sunday said that he…
How Online Mobs Act Like Flocks Of Birds
By Renée DiResta in Noema: You’ve probably seen it: a flock of starlings pulsing in…
An Environmental Arms Race Might Further Encourage an Actual Arms Race
What if the 10 countries that grow 69% of the world’s wheat collaborated to impose floors…
Xi’s Intensive Meetings With World Leaders at G20 Summit in Bali
Chinese President Xi Jinping met with a number of foreign leaders – including some from…
Hyperintelligence: Art, AI, and the Limits of Cognition
by Jochen Szangolies: On May 11, 1997, chess computer Deep Blue dealt then-world chess champion…
May 9, 2018 جھٹکے پہ جھٹکا
ارشاد سلیم، کراچی کئی مرتبہ اسرار کرنے کے بعد میں نے فیصلہ کیا کہ میں…
AI uses artificial sleep to learn new task without forgetting the last
Many AIs can only become good at one task, forgetting everything they know if they…
The Puzzle of Working Class Politics Around the World
by Pranab Bardhan: The recent spectacular rise of extreme right-wing parties in Italy and Sweden…
Moderation Is Different From Censorship
Scott Alexander in Astral Codex Ten: This is a point I keep seeing people miss…
Are Trees Talking Underground? For Scientists, It’s in Dispute.
From Ted Lasso to TED Talks, the theory of the “wood-wide web” is everywhere, and…
How Killing Sparrows Led to Great Famines in China (VIDEO)
In 1958, Mao Zedong ordered all the sparrows to be killed because they ate too…
Why Aesthetic Value Should Take Priority Over Moral Value
Aesthetic value is a catch-all term that encompasses the beautiful, the ugly, the sublime, the…