Will there ever be such a thing as artificial intelligence? That question was argued by inventor Ray Kurzweil and Yale University professor David Gelernter....

The debate between Yale professor of computer science David Gelernter and Ray Kurzweil, sponsored by the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, is now ...

Scientists have created a four-legged robot resembling a starfish that can sense damage to its body and, on its own, think up a way to recover, such as limping to favor an injured leg. It generated on its own a new concept of its structure, accur...