Could examining these ”alien earths” uncover evidence of new life forms and transform our understanding of the cosmos? We may be closer than ever to finding out.
She breaks down her framework for telling stories in 60 seconds or less that can gain millions of views online — or simply elevate your everyday conversations.
We’re going to build superhuman machines, says Harris, but we haven’t yet grappled with the problems associated with creating something that may treat us the way we treat ants.
In an eye-opening talk, she details how the same algorithms companies like Facebook, Google and Amazon use to get you to click on ads are also used to organize your access to political and social information. And the machines aren’t even the real threat. What we need to understand is how the powerful might use AI to control us — and what we can do in response.
In a special broadcast from the TED stage, journalist Angus Hervey sheds light on some of the incredible progress humanity has made across environmental protection, public health and more in the last year, making the case that if we want to change the story of humanity this century, we have to start changing the stories we tell ourselves. ”When we only tell the stories of doom, we fail to see the stories of possibility,” says Hervey.
Learn how AI could help decipher a range of artifacts, revealing clues about the mysteries and achievements of the ancient world.