Joe Carmichael

Joe is a writer from Vermont who lives in Brooklyn. He has written for PopSci and McSweeney’s Internet Tendency and spent a year playing with words and other writers’ dreams at Tin House in Portland, Oregon.

Science

The Best New Alternatives to Uber and Lyft

Uber have you down? The Rideshare Guy fills us in on the best competitors.

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Artificial Intelligence Gained Consciousness in 1991

Why A.I. pioneer Jürgen Schmidhuber is convinced the ultimate breakthrough already happened.

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Conscious A.I. Will Give Us Meaningful Relationships

A little empathy could go a long way.

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Rick Perry at the Department of Energy Could Go One of Two Ways

Let's talk about this for a second.

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Cars in the U.S. Could Soon Be Required to "Talk" to Each Other by 2023

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Ex-Employee: Uber Stalked Politicians, Celebs (Beyoncé), and Exes

A lawsuit claims Uber shares way more than just rides.

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Faraday Future Will "Unveil the Future" at CES 2017

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Amazon Previews Its Autonomous "Just Walk Out" Grocery Stores

Ever wished you could get away with shoplifting?

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Scientists Use Augmented Reality to Treat Phantom Limb Pain

Culture

Please Allow Faig Ahmed's Psychedelic Carpets to Mutate Your Mind

"If you will connect everything, at the same time, then you will see the truth."

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Facebook's Fascinating New Videos Demystify A.I.'s Scary Reputation

Yann LeCun is here to rescue A.I. from the mystics.

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Researchers Have Developed an Algorithm to Make Robots Nimble

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MIT Develops A.I. That Can Predict Seconds Into the Future

Entertainment

'Mad Sheila' Is a Strange Chinese 'Mad Max' Remake

Heavy metal, fast cars, destruction.

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Tesla Converts Ta'ū Island From Diesel to Solar Power

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Could Outside Moderators Save Facebook From Fake News?

Someone has to step up to the plate.

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Instagram Will Have Live Video in the "Next Few Weeks"

Instagram is looking a lot more like Snapchat every day.

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Elon Musk Says Tesla Model 3's "Third Reveal" Will Be Spring 2017

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Elon Musk's Tesla Solar Roof Will Cost "Less Than a Normal Roof"

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People Are Literally Losing Their Minds Over Google Earth VR