The quiet transfer of human agency in the age of artificial intelligence.

Thanks to modern tech, Earth is now considered a ‘detectable’ planet. Astrophysicist Sara Seager explains how this idea can lead us to discovering life elsewhere in our universe.

By treating the human body as an information system, scientists are using AI to simulate cells, visualize hidden biology, and detect disease at its earliest — and most preventable — stages.

Writer and media theorist Bogna Konior connects cosmos and computer by reconsidering our eerily silent Universe.

"Rationalism is the idea that, in order to truly know something, you have to be able to describe it explicitly."

"In the process of mapping the heavens, it doesn't take long to realize the data problem they generated."

The case for why AI systems are not merely "stochastic parrots."

Researcher and Google CTO Blaise Agüera y Arcas joins us to discuss his new book, "What Is Intelligence?"

Ninety million years after our lineages split, humans are beginning to listen to whales in a new way. Marine biologist David Gruber shares the work that has become his life’s pursuit: learning how to hear the planet’s largest mammals.

“Until very recently, I thought I would die with the same genome that I was born with.”

“What's really interesting about neural networks is the way that they think or the way that they operate is a lot like human intuition”

A preview of the latest novel by the Hugo- and Nebula-winning author.

Behind the plateau in corporate AI lies a surge in personal and agentic use.

Despite the current excitement around generative AI, Eric Siegel highlights that machine learning has been effectively utilized in business since the mid-80s, emphasizing the importance of aligning technology with business goals to enhance efficiency and customer experience.

"We're stuck at type zero. But what would it take to move between universes? What would it take to enter a black hole? What would it take to break the light barrier?"

The conversation you're having with an LLM about groundbreaking new ideas in theoretical physics is completely meritless. Here's why.

In "Raising AI," De Kai argues that today's AIs are already more like us than we think they are.

Just 10 years ago, humanity had never directly detected a single gravitational wave. We're closing in on 300 now, with so much more to come!

"What would a totalitarian society that is not well disposed to our own do if it had God-like power? We don't wanna find out."

By looking outside the current wave of hype, we can create a framework for weighing up the practical impact of AI on any business.

A look inside Mindstate Design Labs' effort to design drugs that reliably produce specific states of mind.

OpenAI has become a household name in artificial intelligence — but back in 2018 things looked very rocky. Here’s what happened.

Cognitive neuroscientist and AI researcher Christopher Summerfield explores the differences, and similarities, of how AI and humans make meaning of the world.

Philosopher and author Christopher DiCarlo outlines the key areas where AI continues to reshape the labor landscape.

Motility was suggested as a promising "biosignature" as early as the 1960s, but the technology was insufficient — until now.

Chetan Dube — founder and CEO of Quant — tells Big Think why a pivotal and monumental year for agentic AI has just begun.

With no reliable way to discern the author of an artwork, we may eventually abandon the question of whether something was made by humans or not.

“We can build AI scientists that are better than we are… these systems can be superhuman,” says the FutureHouse co-founder.

AI software is rapidly accelerating chip design, potentially leveling up the speed of innovation across the economy.

A crowdsourced "final exam" for AI promises to test LLMs like never before. Here's how the idea, and its implementation, dooms us to fail.