The World as You'll Know It
Newsletter / Issue No. 20
Can You Outreason the Latest AI Model?
Building machines that can reason has been a longtime goal for artificial intelligence. Recent breakthroughs have led to huge improvement, but even the most advanced machines still can’t solve many problems most humans can.
Plus
A new treatment using stem cells can reverse Type 1 diabetes, small modular nuclear reactors are coming to the U.S. and new research shows that the foods we eat change our immune systems.
Technology / Podcast
A Podcast Series About What It Will Take to Replace Fossil Fuels with Clean Energy
Solar energy at an unknown scale. Reimagined nuclear power. Green steel. These are just some of the technologies needed for a carbon-free future. Can they deliver?
Artificial Intelligence / Feature
One Company's Decision to Put AI Into the Ground
What does it mean to adopt AI? For John Deere it meant hundreds of millions of dollars, a new corporate culture and forever changing the relationship between a farmer and the land.
By Gideon Lewis-Kraus
Artificial Intelligence / Timeline
Is AI Stuck? History Shows That It Wouldn't Be the First Time.
By Konstantin Kakaes
Artificial Intelligence / Timeline
Is AI Stuck? History Shows That It Wouldn't Be the First Time.
By Konstantin Kakaes
Robotics / Feature
Small, Flexible and Sometimes Weird. The Next Generation of Robots is Here.
By Clive Thompson
Robotics / Feature
Small, Flexible and Sometimes Weird. The Next Generation of Robots is Here.
By Clive Thompson
Robotics / Timeline
13 Milestones in the History of Robots
People have been making machines that replicate human abilities for centuries. These are the breakthroughs that got robots to where they are today. Photo: NMAH
By Clive Thompson
Robotics / Feature
Robots' final frontier? Taking care of us.
To understand how far robots are from replacing humans, just look at the everyday task of using a fork.
By Clive Thompson