How AI Can Tackle 5 Global Challenges
AI is not a panacea. But it offers amazing power to supercharge human creativity and productivity in solving the world’s biggest problems.
AI is not a panacea. But it offers amazing power to supercharge human creativity and productivity in solving the world’s biggest problems.
But its impact will be brutal for some communities in particular.
The pandemic “has been the most severe global mortality shock since World War II,” researchers find.
More than one third of the world's population plays video games. The Games for Change Festival spotlights how games can be a force for good.
Banning abortion pushes the U.S. towards the path of becoming a third rate power, with uneducated, unemployable citizens whose lives will need to be subsidized by government dollars.
While any suicide attempt is triggered by a complex array of factors, new studies indicate that genetic variants contribute to a person’s risk. That could pave the way for new treatments or diagnostic tests.
We are a nation on the verge of a collective nervous breakdown. But are apps the answer?
What we’re reading this week: Environmentalist Bill McKibben unpacks apparent contradictions in Gates’ new climate book, critiquing his lack of political engagement. NASA aims to answer a question David Bowie asked in 1973. And apps...
The pandemic-fueled fear, anxiety, and trauma the world has faced during the past few months has dramatically increased the need for mental health care across our country. Because in-person interactions have been so restricted, the...