Computer science

Google AI has better bedside manner than human doctors — and makes better diagnoses

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

A chatbot based on Google’s large language model can take medical histories from simulated patients and offer a range of diagnoses.Credit: Tero ...

scientists say we urgently need answers

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

A standard method to assess whether machines are conscious has not yet been devised.Credit: Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Could artificial intelligence (AI) ...

Autonomous chemical research with large language models

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Dr. Thomas Hughes

Brown, T. et al. in Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems Vol. 33 (eds Larochelle, H. et al.) 1877–1901 (Curran Associates, 2020). ...

I tried next-gen smart glasses, and my nose loves them

Technology
Laura Adams

Xreal, TCL, and Rokid smart glasses displayed together. Alan Truly / Digital Trends Conceptually, smart glasses with displays are great. You get ...

Are we living in a computer simulation? This physicist says his study supports the theory

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Dr Melvin Vopson published the research in AIP Advances which suggests that the universe behaves just like a computer, ordering and deleting ...