Bryan Caplan was skeptical after AI struggled on his midterm exam. But within months, it had aced the test The economist Bryan Caplan was sure the artificial intelligence baked into ChatGPT wasn’t as smart as it was cracked up to be. The question: could the AI ace his undergraduate class’s 2022 midterm exam? Caplan, of …
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You don’t need to look far to see that gaming is everywhere with film versions of Tetris, Super Mario Bros and Dungeons & Dragons in cinemas this week. Chanté talks to Rhianna Pratchett, video game writer on Tomb Raider, Timi and Joey from The Nerd Council podcast and the Guardian’s video games editor Keza MacDonald …
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The CEO of Niantic has helped create technologies that have changed the way we live. How does he see the future of play? It’s not often you meet someone who’s genuinely changed the world, but that’s what happens the day I greet Niantic CEO John Hanke. Sipping his coffee alone in a gargantuan San Franciscan …
From Google Maps to Pokémon Go, John Hanke is programming the future Read More »
Play a cat trying to please its human, uncover pickup artists’ dark arts or find out how being pregnant feels at Now Play This in London, designed to make us look at video games differently Outside Somerset House this week, you might notice that two lampposts are blinking at each other. Unless you are fluent …
Can you make an AI understand love? The experimental games festival about relationships Read More »
In this week’s newsletter: Discover the wild 1970s tale of the revolutionary Viva in Stiffed. Plus: five of the best podcasts for Succession fans Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The List of Absolutely Everything That Might Kill YouWidely available, episodes weeklyFireworks, bees, volcanoes, theme parks … there are many …
Human rights groups say cameras are form of mass surveillance, as report finds ‘substantial improvement’ in accuracy Live facial recognition cameras are a form of mass surveillance, human rights campaigners have said, as the Met police said it would press ahead with its use of the “gamechanging” technology. Britain’s largest force said the technology could …
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I’ve never had an assistant, a life coach or a personal trainer – perhaps AI is just what I’m looking for. I tried it on everything from cocktail-making to holiday-planning to health advice According to a recent open letter, society needs to immediately pause development of “giant” AI models, or risk apocalyptic outcomes. Massive job …
My week with ChatGPT: can it make me a healthier, happier, more productive person? Read More »
In this week’s newsletter: Gaming’s biggest expo might be finished forever – and I know I’ll miss the buzzy, tactile, interactive hype-fest it used to be Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here It seems very likely that the biggest event on the video game calendar for the past 25 years, …
Operation led by FBI and Dutch police with involvement of UK National Crime Agency takes Genesis Market offline A criminal online marketplace selling millions of stolen identities for as little as 56p has been taken down in an international crackdown. The sting, led by the FBI and Dutch police with the involvement of law enforcement …
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PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PC, Meta Quest; Wired Productions/Oiffy/Wold & Wood Interactive Set in an Amazon-like fulfilment centre, this satirical adventure has interesting ideas but fails to adequately explore them The Last Worker concerns itself with a timely subject: the growing automation of the workplace and its effect upon workers. Playing as Kurt, the …
