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Ideas

Optimizing Machines Is Perilous. Consider ‘Creatively Adequate’ AI.

The future of artificial intelligence needs less data and can tolerate ambiguity.
Books

Dystopia Is All Too Plausible in The School for Good Mothers

Jessamine Chan's new novel makes a world full of surveillance android children seem very real. 
Ideas

When Mind Melds With Machine, Who’s in Control?

Brain-computer interfaces are getting better all the time—and they’re about to land us in a philosophical quagmire.
Ideas

The Future of Reality Is Multiple Choice

As a new Matrix film arrives in theaters, our senior senior correspondent asks: What is real?
Déjà Vu

The Matrix Resurrections Review: The Wachowskis Were the True Oracles

Directors Lana and Lilly Wachowski warned about the dangers of trusting tech 22 years ago. With the latest sequel, Lana is back with another harbinger.

The Future of Robot Nannies

A machine can't love our children, but our children might love them.
Ideas

'Worker Data Science' Can Teach Us How to Fix the Gig Economy

Gig workers are asking to see the algorithms that govern their labor. Their fight has important lessons for creating equitable workplaces for all. 
Ideas

The Future of Digital Assistants Is Queer

AI assistants continue to reinforce sexist stereotypes, but queering these devices could help reimagine their relationship to gender altogether.
RE:WIRED

Kai-Fu Lee and Yoky Matsuoka Imagine AI's Potential for Good

The investor and entrepreneur discuss "human-in-the-loop" technology, and how artificial intelligence might be used for health and caregiving.
Real Talk

The Long Search for a Computer That Speaks Your Mind

The trick is to use data from the brain to synthesize speech in real time so users can practice and the machine can learn. New brain computer interface systems are getting there.
Ideas

The Turing Test Is Bad for Business

Technology should focus on the complementarity game, not the imitation game.
Plaintext

Can AI—and a Personal Assistant—Cure Burnout for Working Moms?

Plus: Nest's original vision, a vaccine-weary public, and catastrophic business as usual.
Ideas

What Makes an Artist in the Age of Algorithms?

The Grammy-nominated composer BT spoke to WIRED about art as a form of big data—and his new composition that lives on the blockchain.
Intelligent Design

Can Robots Evolve Into Machines of Loving Grace?

Perhaps, if we put bots together the right way, consciousness will simply emerge.
Shiny Objects

Tesla Promised a Robot. Was It Just a Recruiting Pitch?

The highlight of an event aimed at AI whizzes was a human simulating a robot that might someday replace a human.
Plaintext

OpenAI Is Making Coding As Easy As Talking to a Smart Speaker

Plus: The early days of programming, an existential investigation, and bipartisanship before our very eyes.
Movies

Free Guy Sees the Metaverse Through Rose-Colored Glasses

Set in a fictional video game, the movie believes in virtual harmony—but that’s not reality.
High Note

This Device Helps Paralyzed People Breathe—and Sing

Called the Exo-Abs, the robotic device uses artificial intelligence to gauge how much pressure to put on a person’s midsection.
Cloud Support

I Think an AI Is Flirting With Me. Is It OK If I Flirt Back?

WIRED’s spiritual advice columnist on emotional connection, continental affairs, and the ulterior motives of chatbots.
machine yearning

Space Jam: A New Legacy and the Fury of an Algorithm Scorned

The reboot—along with Netflix’s The Mitchells vs. the Machines—portray vengeful AIs as jilted geniuses. That revolution shouldn’t be televised.