Fw:Thinking

What is the Turing Test? Why is a computer-written novel a non-trivial problem? Will computers ever be able to copy the style of deceased authors?

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What is interactive storytelling? What are the challenges of interactive storytelling? Can technology let us tell the largest story ever told?

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How expensive was the world's first lab-grown burger? What are the benefits to growing meat in the lab? What are other alternatives to beef?

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What's the deal with transgenic crops? Are these crops inherently dangerous? What are the pros and cons?

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How do we determine a vehicle's mpg rating? How have engineers improved fuel economy over the years? How do vehicles like EVs and hybrids stack up?

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What is 4D printing? What are programmable materials? What's the potential for 4D printing?

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What are gene therapy and gene doping? How do researchers reprogram viruses to carry human genes? Will messing with our genes make us less human?

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What are genes? What roles do they play in making us who we are? How much do we know about the human genome?

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What's our current plan should an asteroid come hurtling toward Earth? Is the Armageddon scenario feasible? What are alternatives?

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How do companies like Planetary Resources plan to mine asteroids? What will happen with the mined material? What's the timeline like for asteroid mining?

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