The current cultural fascination and frustration with artificial intelligence is nothing new. As far back as the 1921 Czech play R.U.R. — the workers-rights story that first coined the term “robot” — ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. As the recent Worldcon 2025 Convention here in Seattle ...

BOT or NOT? This special series explores the evolving relationship between humans and machines, examining the ways that robots, artificial intelligence and automation are impacting our work and lives.

If you think about it, things we see and use on a daily basis were once a figment of our imagination: cell phones, solar ...

More than 50 years before ChatGPT could tell you what to cook for dinner, a 1968 science fiction film was shaping how we think about machines that talk to us. In 2001: A Space Odyssey, a Jupiter-bound ...

A new study tested a device trained to translate four participants' inner thoughts. Andriy Onufriyenko via Getty Images In recent years, scientists have been working on technology that could help ...

In 1945, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke proposed something ridiculous: satellites orbiting Earth at exactly the right altitude to stay fixed above one spot, beaming radio signals across ...

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Science fiction author Ted Chiang wrote the short story that became the movie "Arrival." He talks with host Scott Detrow. If, like me, you are a fan of the science fiction author Ted Chiang, you know ...