A provocative theory circulating among artificial intelligence researchers suggests that once machines achieve human-level intelligence and beyond, they might create something entirely unexpected: a ...

Is biological life common in the universe, or should we be looking for artificial, robotic intelligence in the search for alien life? An increasing number of scientists suspect that if we ever do make ...

Humans curious about whether we are alone in the universe may be searching for the wrong thing, according to some experts who believe the search for alien life should focus on alien artificial ...

No one knows exactly what to expect if we encountered other forms of alien life. Would they talk like us? Look like us? Or ...

This story contains spoilers for "Alien: Romulus" and "Alien." Fans of the "Alien" franchise had a few concerns about the appearance of a beloved actor brought back to life by artificial intelligence.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Modern movie culture would have you believe artificial intelligence is out to kill us all. In "2001: A Space Odyssey," Hal, the AI computer aboard a space flight to Jupiter, ...

Decoding emergent languages in AI can have many benefits. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the 2016 science fiction movie ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has compared starting a tech company to starting a religion. But can we trust Big Tech to play God?

A machine-learning algorithm trained on synthetic planetary systems has been let loose — and in the process has identified nearly four dozen real stars that have a high probability of hosting a rocky ...

Spielberg has long been known for his love of alien-related material. That's why he produced the abduction-based Taken ...

In such a world, the greatest danger is not that AI becomes alien. The danger is that humans start behaving less humanly by outsourcing thinking, surrendering responsibility, and hiding behind the ...