The authors would like to thank the organizers and participants at the first NBER conference on the Economics of Artificial Intelligence, and in particular our discussant Matthew Mitchell for many ...

True believers, including Elon Musk, conclude that self-improving AI will create a superintelligence. Humanity would gain ...

They maintain that artificial general intelligence ( AGI ), capable of outperforming most people at most desk jobs, will soon ...

Using hybrid assessment that combines process and economic input-output methods, the total energy and fossil fuels used in producing a desktop computer with 17-inch CRT monitor are estimated at 7,320 ...

A 27-year-old US man forced an Allegiant Air flight to make an emergency landing after claiming his laptop was a bomb. The plane returned safely to Florida. No explosives were found. The suspect, Taj ...

Capitalism’s operating system is due for a major upgrade. How that turns out depends on enormously consequential political choices.

In a groundbreaking achievement, US researchers have created a computer using two-dimensional materials, potentially replacing silicon in future electronics. This pioneering CMOS computer, built at ...