MIT robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks thinks people vastly overestimate generative AI

When Rodney Brooks talks about robotics and artificial intelligence, you listen. Currently a professor emeritus of robotics at MIT, he’s also co-founded three notable companies, including Rethink Robotics, iRobot, and…

Discovery' ends up as an underrated TV pioneer: NPR

Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham. Michael Gibson/Paramount+ hide caption change caption Michael Gibson/Paramount+ First, a confession: although this column will provide much discussion and defense Star Trek: Discovery as a…

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  • May 10, 2024
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Jim Simons, quantitative investing pioneer who generated eye-popping returns, dies at 86

Jim Simons attends the IAS Einstein Gala honoring Jim Simons at Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers in New York City. Sylvain Gaboury | Patrick Mcmullan | Getty Images Jim Simons,…

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  • May 2, 2024
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Exxon Closes Pioneer Deal as FTC Leaves Sheffield

(Bloomberg) — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission denied the purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources Co. by Exxon Mobil Corp. worth $60 billion, but claimed that Pioneer co-founder Scott Sheffield should…

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  • April 24, 2024
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Mount Everest Pioneer George Mallory's Last Letter to Wife Revealed 100 Years After Deadly Climb: 'Vanishing Hope'

In his last letter to his wife before disappearing on Mount Everest a century ago, George Mallory tried to allay her concerns, even as he said his odds of reaching…