A mind wrapped in skin and bone can feel like the obvious model for consciousness. But that assumption may say more about ...

A provocative theory circulating among artificial intelligence researchers suggests that once machines achieve human-level intelligence and beyond, they might create something entirely unexpected: a ...

No one knows exactly what to expect if we encountered other forms of alien life. Would they talk like us? Look like us? Or would they be completely different? "What if, instead of encountering organic ...

Is there life outside this planet? Human beings have asked this question for centuries looking at the galaxies in the sky. After the advancement of AI, researchers have once again gained optimism ...

The moment of first contact with extraterrestrials is a staple of science fiction. It usually involves a frantic scientist having a Eureka moment, realising in a single dramatic instant that Earth is ...