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AI safety has taken a back seat in the competition for ever more powerful large language models.
Has Jeff Koons’ latest high-profile stunt just proved that space is the new frontier for art?
For decades, woman ‘computers’ worked behind the scenes while their male counterparts received recognition. The AI industry must not be an example of history repeating itself.
Lovelace was a prodigious math talent who learned from the giants of her time, but her linguistic and creative abilities were also important in her invention of computer programming.
What makes a robot an artist?
Poets and scientists don’t occupy separate poles in the quest to understand the universe. In many ways, they sing from the same hymn sheet.
As Leonardo da Vinci found centuries ago, scholars of art, design, engineering and science can work together for mutual benefit.
Lovelace showed great insight into her subject and for that she’s still a hero to others.
This extraordinary individual defied the constraints of her time and gave a remarkable and farseeing account of computation.
If computer pioneer Ada Lovelace had strong women role models even in her day, we must ensure women continue to do so today.
Throughout the year there are special days that see newsagents fill with celebratory cards. Perhaps punched cards would be more appropriate for Ada Lovelace Day, which marks both the mathematical prowess…
What was the greatest astronomical discovery of the 20th century? Some would say pulsars – highly magnetised, rotating neutron stars emitting beams of electromagnetic radiation. The scientific world was…
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