February 2025
February 2025
Beyond the Turing Test
05
Feb 2025
Is there anything computers can't do—or at least won't be able to do at some future time? They have already gotten pretty powerful: so far we've developed cars that drive themselves, protein-folding software that discovers new medicines, and some great tools to help students cheat on their papers.
Read moreBorges as a Philosopher
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Feb 2025
Jorge Luís Borges is one of our favorite authors—and one of the most philosophical. He wrote beautiful poems, whimsical essays, and mind-bending short stories. One of his most amazing essays is “A New Refutation of Time,” in which he proves that we don’t exist.
Read moreCreepy Converts and Pugnacious Priests
Devon Strolovitch
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Feb 2025
It's that time of year again, when all eyes turn to Hollywood as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents its awards for artistic and technical merit in film, and all ears turn to our special episode celebrating the most thought-provoking movies of the past year—the Dionysus Awards.
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