Future research

Learning from Frankenstein's mistakes. Illustration: Dr. Roy Tsezana using artificial intelligence

Can science fiction save us from technological monsters?

A new paper in Nature suggests using science fiction as a tool to predict public reactions to advanced technologies. Rather than relying on dry surveys, the researchers recommend examining how future stories influence the public imagination—and what
The virtual Khamenei and Nasrallah together with their advisors. Illustration: Dr.Roey Tsezana

The future of digital doubles of all of us - or, what the Chinese learned when I ran Nasrallah on the computer

In China, a few years ago they decided to hold war games with the participation of virtual duplicates of the real officers. Dr. Cezana and his colleagues staged a similar war game with Hassan Nasrallah, but the intelligence had to be convinced