Space and time aren’t just woven into the background fabric of the universe. To theoretical computer scientists, time and space (also known as memory) are the two fundamental resources of computation.

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...

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ABSTRACT: Health economic evaluations within surgical disciplines face considerable methodological hurdles, particularly in relation to cost-effectiveness analyses (CEA) and budget-impact modelling ...

Dr. Shaw and Dr. Hilton teach software engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In ...

New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires “non-algorithmic ...

Sitting alone, in front of a computer, questioning a chatbot, doesn't really move me. When I start to feel worried about cultural and political shifts and need a push forward, my go-to move is to ...

Think of it this way. A computer follows recipes, step by step, no matter how complex. But some truths can only be grasped through non-algorithmic understanding—understanding that doesn't follow from ...

As a journalist who covers AI, I hear from countless people who seem utterly convinced that ChatGPT, Claude, or some other chatbot has achieved “sentience.” Or “consciousness.” Or—my personal favorite ...

A modder has made an even bigger improvement to Grand Theft Auto IV than Fusion Fix. xoxor4d created an Nvidia RTX Remix build for the game that runs on path traced graphics. This makes it the most ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Silent Hill f only launched in 'advanced access' on September 23, but modders are already at work, with one stripping out the series' signature fog completely. The horror adventure released yesterday ...