MIT professor Joseph Weizenbaum developed Eliza in the mid-1960s. His views on artificial intelligence were often at odds with many of his fellow pioneers in the field. Illustration by Meilan Solly / ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

You may have heard that you should try to avoid eating too many simple sugars, but what does that mean? What are simple sugars? Are simple sugars carbohydrates? To answer both questions: simple sugars ...

Tech leaders have been adamant that artificial intelligence will forever change industries, jobs, and skills. That remains to be seen in most industries, but in the world of software engineering, AI ...

Iran’s nuclear program has been a long-standing problem. Many US presidential administrations have struggled with it, as have many international organizations and foreign governments. To help makes ...

I recently published a Design Idea (DI) showing some very simple circuits for PWM programming of standard regulator chips, both linear and switching, “Revisited: Three discretes suffice to interface ...

Some programming languages, such as Rust, Go, or TypeScript, are cool. Others, including Cobol and Java, are regarded as dull. However, while Java, which turned 30 on May 23, may not be the most ...

A program that taught basic financial concepts through two-minute stories improved adults' financial knowledge, showing promise as an easy-to-implement real-world tool. Poor financial literacy is a ...

Entrepreneurs go down dead ends in business. They hit walls, become frustrated, and their emotions get the better of them. They give up and find another business. Or worse; they get a job. Unless you ...

The latest release of Java Development Kit (JDK) 24, scheduled for release on March 18, introduces 24 new features, marking the most substantial update to the platform since 2018. Key changes include ...