When computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for his work in machine learning, he immediately warned about the power of the technology that helped propel his research: artificial intelligence. “It will be similar to the Industrial Revolution,” he said shortly after the announcement. “But instead of surpassing humans in … Read more
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Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. The best minds in science will be brought out of academic obscurity into the spotlight next week when the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine are announced. The awards, established more than … Read more
During her 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry lecture, Frances Arnold said, “Today, for all practical purposes, we can read, write, and edit any DNA sequence, but we cannot assemble it.” That is no longer true. Since then, science and technology have advanced so much that artificial intelligence has learned to synthesize DNA, and with genetically … Read more