Doomsday headlines warn that the age of killer robots is upon us and that new military technology based on AI will lead to the annihilation of the human race. Fact or fiction? Bradley Center director Robert J. Marks explores the practical and ethical challenges. Download your free digital book at mindmatters.ai.

A new discovery raises questions about an experiment from 1959 about the process of wild animals becoming tame. Now we are back to where we started. Some foxes are tame, some are decidedly not. Why is there a difference?

According to a recent study, our visual cortex processes what we literally see, but our frontal lobes intrepret that data for us. If this study can be replicated, it again demonstrates that the brain is not stricly compartmentalized. Different parts assist each other with the same task.

Should the United States military pursue development of lethal autonomous artificial intelligence weapons? Robert J. Marks makes his case for lethal A.I. weapons in his book, The Case for Killer Robots: Why America’s Military Needs to Continue Development of Lethal A.I. Listen to an excerpt from the audiobook online now.

Adam Nieri reviews 2019's best and worst science fiction television shows including Another Life, Twilight Zone, The Mandalorian, and The Expanse.