Future Perfect Archive
Archives for February 2020
In the age of AI advances, self-driving cars turned out to be harder than people expected.
“If I live long enough, it ends with me.”
Four-year-olds can learn things even the most intelligent machine can’t. It’s time AI researchers took note.
We’re living in a dangerous post-antibiotic era. AI can help.
Offsets have become a wildly popular — and controversial — way to fight climate change.
Plant-based meat is coming to theme parks and cruises.
The novel coronavirus may now be spreading in California. No one at the White House press conference seemed to know about it.
Recent studies looked at “nudging” interventions and mostly found disappointing results.
Tesla is facing heat from federal officials following an investigation into a fatal crash involving its Autopilot.
Two very different scenes played out in New Delhi this week.
America’s pandemic response capabilities have been systematically dismantled.
A new paper explores money stashed in secret offshore banks when aid arrives.
9 questions about meat alternatives you were too embarrassed to ask.
The answer is not “eat local.”
Amazon is a mega-polluter. Cleaning house at the company should be the CEO’s top priority.