Why do humans have language and other animals apparently don't? It's one of the most enduring questions in the study of mind and communication. Across all cultures, humans use richly expressive ...

One of the many quibbles I have with the term artificial general intelligence (AGI) is philosophical as much as technical. We define AGI as the point at which AI systems match or surpass human ...

In today’s fast-paced world, speed is celebrated. Instant messaging outpaces thoughtful letters, and rapid-fire tweets replace reflective essays. We've become conditioned to believe that faster is ...

Sperm whales swimming off the coast of Dominica. The marine mammals have a complex communication system that scientists are working to decode. Amanda Cotton Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

Chinese researchers claim to have found evidence that large language models (LLMs) can comprehend and process natural objects like human beings. This, they suggest, is done spontaneously even without ...

Artificial intelligence may have impressive inferencing powers, but don't count on it to have anything close to human reasoning powers anytime soon. The march to so-called artificial general ...