Generative AI, which is currently riding a crest of popular discourse, promises a world where the simple transforms into the complex—where a simple distribution evolves into intricate patterns of images, sounds, or text, rendering the artificial startlingly real.Generative AI, which is currently riding a crest of popular discourse, promises a world where the simple transforms into the complex—where a simple distribution evolves into intricate patterns of images, sounds, or text, rendering the artificial startlingly real.[#item_full_content]

Let’s face it. AI-powered facial recognition systems are everywhere. It is used to unlock our phones, allow access to office buildings, and screen us as a security measure at airports.Let’s face it. AI-powered facial recognition systems are everywhere. It is used to unlock our phones, allow access to office buildings, and screen us as a security measure at airports.[#item_full_content]

The field of artificial intelligence has long been stymied by the lack of an answer to its most fundamental question: What is intelligence, anyway? AIs such as GPT-4 have highlighted this uncertainty: some researchers believe that GPT models are showing glimmers of genuine intelligence but others disagree.The field of artificial intelligence has long been stymied by the lack of an answer to its most fundamental question: What is intelligence, anyway? AIs such as GPT-4 have highlighted this uncertainty: some researchers believe that GPT models are showing glimmers of genuine intelligence but others disagree.[#item_full_content]

Complexity is all around us, from the daily fluctuations of financial markets to the intricate web of neurons in our brains.Complexity is all around us, from the daily fluctuations of financial markets to the intricate web of neurons in our brains.[#item_full_content]

In recent years, artificial intelligence has demonstrated tremendous potential for the development and advancement of a wide variety of technologies. A good example is facial direction estimation, which finds applications in driver assistance systems that prevent distracted driving, methods to prevent cheating in examinations, and software for creating three-dimensional (3D) virtual avatars.In recent years, artificial intelligence has demonstrated tremendous potential for the development and advancement of a wide variety of technologies. A good example is facial direction estimation, which finds applications in driver assistance systems that prevent distracted driving, methods to prevent cheating in examinations, and software for creating three-dimensional (3D) virtual avatars.[#item_full_content]

As Frontier, the world’s first exascale supercomputer, was being assembled at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility in 2021, understanding its performance on mixed-precision calculations remained a difficult prospect. That gap in understanding wasn’t an oversight but rather a sign of just how novel supercomputer systems that excel at mixed precision remain in computational science, which has been dominated by double precision–focused systems for almost its entire history.As Frontier, the world’s first exascale supercomputer, was being assembled at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility in 2021, understanding its performance on mixed-precision calculations remained a difficult prospect. That gap in understanding wasn’t an oversight but rather a sign of just how novel supercomputer systems that excel at mixed precision remain in computational science, which has been dominated by double precision–focused systems for almost its entire history.[#item_full_content]

Diversity and inclusion are critical aspects of the responsible development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, including affective computing. Affective computing, which focuses on recognizing, interpreting, and responding to human emotions, can revolutionize various domains, such as health care, education, and human-machine interaction. Capturing subjective states through technical means is challenging, though, and errors can occur, as seen with lie detectors not working adequately or gender classifier systems misgendering users.Diversity and inclusion are critical aspects of the responsible development of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, including affective computing. Affective computing, which focuses on recognizing, interpreting, and responding to human emotions, can revolutionize various domains, such as health care, education, and human-machine interaction. Capturing subjective states through technical means is challenging, though, and errors can occur, as seen with lie detectors not working adequately or gender classifier systems misgendering users.[#item_full_content]

A recent perspective article published in Engineering proposes a new way for evaluating artificial general intelligence (AGI) with the introduction of the Tong test (where “Tong” corresponds to the pronunciation of the Chinese character of “general,” as in “artificial general intelligence”). This innovative approach aims to provide a standardized, quantitative, and objective evaluation system for AGI by focusing on dynamic embodied physical and social interactions (DEPSI).A recent perspective article published in Engineering proposes a new way for evaluating artificial general intelligence (AGI) with the introduction of the Tong test (where “Tong” corresponds to the pronunciation of the Chinese character of “general,” as in “artificial general intelligence”). This innovative approach aims to provide a standardized, quantitative, and objective evaluation system for AGI by focusing on dynamic embodied physical and social interactions (DEPSI).[#item_full_content]

It is often a nuisance for residents living near railroad lines—and such a multi-faceted challenge for experts that there should be more than one word for “railroad noise.” Sounds from steel wheels on rough or smoother rails, braking sounds at different frequencies, engine noise, aerodynamic noise …all of it muffled or influenced by noise barriers, embankments, the nature of the ground beneath the tracks, and by the environment in which the sound waves propagate.It is often a nuisance for residents living near railroad lines—and such a multi-faceted challenge for experts that there should be more than one word for “railroad noise.” Sounds from steel wheels on rough or smoother rails, braking sounds at different frequencies, engine noise, aerodynamic noise …all of it muffled or influenced by noise barriers, embankments, the nature of the ground beneath the tracks, and by the environment in which the sound waves propagate.[#item_full_content]

In a study published in Engineering, researchers have developed a revolutionary method for data storage using DNA. The paper titled “Engineering DNA Materials for Sustainable Data Storage Using a DNA Movable-Type System” introduces a novel approach that utilizes DNA fragments, referred to as “DNA movable types,” for data writing, thereby eliminating the need for costly and environmentally hazardous DNA synthesis.In a study published in Engineering, researchers have developed a revolutionary method for data storage using DNA. The paper titled “Engineering DNA Materials for Sustainable Data Storage Using a DNA Movable-Type System” introduces a novel approach that utilizes DNA fragments, referred to as “DNA movable types,” for data writing, thereby eliminating the need for costly and environmentally hazardous DNA synthesis.[#item_full_content]