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Olivia Goldhill
Artificial Intelligence
Police Are Using Artificial Intelligence to Spot Written Lies
Grammar can give away whether you're telling the truth or not.
- By Olivia Goldhill, Quartz
Digital Government
Silicon Valley Tech Workers Are Using Ancient Greek Philosophy as Life Hack
Stoicism is having a moment.
- By Olivia Goldhill, Quartz
Emerging Tech
An Early Internet Pioneer Says the Construction of the Web is Crippling Our Thinking
Ted Nelson is not a programmer, and his vision for what the internet could be is still in the early stages of practical realization.
- By Olivia Goldhill, Quartz
Emerging Tech
Instead of Asking, 'Are Robots Becoming More Human?' We Need to Ask, 'Are Humans Becoming More Robotic?'
A new kind of Turing Test
- By Olivia Goldhill, Quartz
Emerging Tech
These New Solar Panels Can Create Electricity from Raindrops
This could prove to be a significant step toward creating solar cells that work even when the sun isn’t shining.
- By Olivia Goldhill, Quartz
Modernization
Video: A Japanese Company Has Invented a Smartphone You Can Wash
Kyocera said it created the device, called Digno Rafre, by developing “better sealing” for the phone.
- By Olivia Goldhill, Quartz
Emerging Tech
What Happens if a Driverless Car Has to Choose Between Killing Its Passenger or a Pedestrian?
Philosophers have been debating a similar moral conundrum for years, but now the discussion has a new practical application.
- By Olivia Goldhill, Quartz
Emerging Tech
Robots Could Replace White Collar Workers, Too
No career is safe from the advances of artificial intelligence.
- By Olivia Goldhill, Quartz
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