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Israel’s next escalation is likely in southern Syria

Israeli forces raided homes in the town of al-Rafid, in Syria’s Quneitra countryside on August 15, and the operation drew almost no attention beyond Syria itself. Such raids have become so ordinary along the old disengagement line that they no longer register as events anywhere

Asia

Are We Thinking Correctly About AI Intelligence?

Computer scientist Melanie Mitchell discusses why artificial intelligence doesn’t “think” or “reason” like humans, and how we can create better methods for measuring machine cognition. The post Are We Thinking Correctly About AI Intelligence? first appeared on Quanta Magazine

Waymo lifts the lid on the ‘brain’ powering its robotaxis

What's in the trunk of your car? Shopping bags? A spare tire? Jumper cables? What about a high-powered computer capable of performing up to one quadrillion operations a second? Only if you're Waymo. For the first time, Waymo revealed key details about the heavy compute "brain"

Tech

Welcome to the AI crisis in math

Today on Decoder, I’m talking with Robert Hart, The Verge’s London-based AI reporter, about what AI is doing to the field of mathematics and the existential crisis many lead mathematicians are having about it. OpenAI just published a set of solutions to longstanding problems in

Tech

Clubbing may boost well-being for women in midlife

An online survey published in the journal Psychology of Music asked 136 women ages 40 and older about their experiences at electronic dance music (EDM) events. Nine in 10 respondents (91%) said clubbing contributes positively to their well-being, with more than six in 10