Interesting Engineering

Student builds Disney BD-X Star Wars droid using lawn mower battery under $3K

A robotics student built a Disney-style Star Wars droid at home using online parts, 3D printing, and simulation-trained ...

What happens when AI starts building itself?

Richard Socher's new $650 million startup wants to build an AI that can research and improve itself indefinitely — and he ...
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Stardew Valley Creator Wants To Work With Humans And Not A "Soulless Machine"

Game developer Eric Barone, known for creating Stardew Valley and the upcoming Haunted Chocolatier, has commented on the ...

Steve James, Alex Gibney To Collaborate On CNN Originals ‘Mind vs/+ Machine,’ “Definitive Series On Artificial Intelligence”

Steve James and Alex Gibney are collaborating on 'Mind vs/+ Machine,' a CNN Originals docuseries that's expected to tell the ...

I Work in Hollywood. Everyone Who Used to Make TV Is Now Secretly Training AI

AI gig work is the new waiting tables. In eight months, I’ve done 20 of these soul-crushing contracts for five different ...