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June 6, 2017

Want to Understand Creativity? Enlist an AI Collaborator

Scientists and artists are working to nurture creativity in computers. The post Want to Understand Creativity? Enlist an AI Collaborator appeared first on WIRED.

April 24, 2017

Hey, Computer Scientists! Stop Hating on the Humanities

Opinion: Computer science departments need to teach coders more than just how to code. The post Hey, Computer Scientists! Stop Hating on the Humanities appeared first on WIRED.

March 19, 2017

A ‘Digital Alchemist’ Unravels the Mysteries of Complexity

Computational physicist Sharon Glotzer is uncovering the rules by which complex collective phenomena emerge from simple building blocks. The post A 'Digital Alchemist' Unravels the Mysteries of Complexity appeared first on WIRED.

March 19, 2017

A ‘Digital Alchemist’ Unravels the Mysteries of Complexity

March 10, 2017

Want to Make It as a Biologist? Better Learn to Code

Their schools may not have caught up yet, but these biologists are embracing the era of big data. The post Want to Make It as a Biologist? Better Learn to Code appeared first on WIRED.

December 16, 2016

Science Can Restore America’s Faith in Democracy

Opinion: Elections that let voters rank their choices are inherently more democratic. The post Science Can Restore America's Faith in Democracy appeared first on WIRED.

November 26, 2016

How Humans Can Force the Machines to Play Fair

The computer scientist Cynthia Dwork takes abstract concepts like privacy and fairness and adapts them into machine code for the algorithmic age. The post How Humans Can Force the Machines to Play Fair appeared first on WIRED.

September 24, 2016

Computer Scientists Close In on Perfect, Hack-Proof Code

Computer scientists can prove certain programs to be error-free with the same certainty that mathematicians prove theorems. The post Computer Scientists Close In on Perfect, Hack-Proof Code appeared first on WIRED.

April 9, 2016

A Map of the Brain Could Teach Machines to See Like You

A race to decipher the brain's algorithms could revolutionize machine learning. The post A Map of the Brain Could Teach Machines to See Like You appeared first on WIRED.

February 7, 2016

The Hunt for the Algorithms That Drive Life on Earth

The biological world is computational at its core, argues computer scientist Leslie Valiant. His “ecorithm” approach uses computational concepts to explore fundamental mysteries of evolution and the mind.

The post The Hunt for the Algorithms That Drive Life on Earth appeared first on WIRED.