The Race to Build Emotionally Intelligent Machines
They are beginning to turn around, but they are not blinking. Once satisfied with processing data or your speech, machines are now being trained to do something very human: read...
They are beginning to turn around, but they are not blinking. Once satisfied with processing data or your speech, machines are now being trained to do something very human: read...
Certain markets burst onto the scene. Others develop gradually, putting solidity on top of conjecture. There are indications that 2026, when structure surpasses sensation, may be the year that cryptocurrency,...
Early in 2021, a number of cargo ships floated in the waters around the busiest ports in California. They waited, burning gasoline, one after the other, with nowhere to dock....
A hospital network paid a ransomware organization in secret a few years ago when its whole radiology system was locked out. Staff resorted to phone calls and handwritten letters for...
Five years ago, there was no such job description, but by the middle of 2026, almost half of all significant companies had chosen a Chief Empathy Officer. Some are from...
A nurse’s station was discreetly passed by a small, refrigerator-shaped robot carrying a tray of linens late at night in a Sacramento hospital hallway. Nobody winced. Even that was illuminating....
My attention was recently drawn to a sidewalk chalkboard outside an Austin business. “Sale” was not printed on it. Rather, it stated, “We pay living wages to our garment workers.”...
When your eyes begin to land instead of skim, you begin to notice it. The newspaper carried a magazine ad. A billboard that was positioned to capture the morning sun....
Despite being described as a “Agent Architect,” she paused thoughtfully before responding, “We’re still figuring that out,” when asked what it meant. There was something strangely honest about that hesitation,...
I recall last summer opening a tiny skincare package. Instead of bubble wrap, it came in a clean, recycled box with shredded paper and soy-ink logos. I experienced a brief...