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.

2.3.2017 4:03 PM

The Best New Alternatives to Uber and Lyft

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

12.27.2016 4:57 PM

Artificial Intelligence Gained Consciousness in 1991

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

12.23.2016 11:30 AM

Unconscious A.I. Might Be More Disastrous than Conscious A.I.

A little empathy could go a long way.

12.14.2016 9:28 PM

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

Let's talk about this for a second.

12.14.2016 12:08 AM

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

12.12.2016 8:39 PM

Ex-Employee Claims Uber Stalked Politicians, Celebs, and Exes

A lawsuit claims Uber shares way more than just rides.

12.10.2016 8:45 PM

Faraday Future Will "Unveil the Future" at CES 2017

12.5.2016 5:33 PM

Amazon Previews Its Autonomous "Just Walk Out" Grocery Stores

Ever wished you could get away with shoplifting?

12.1.2016 11:37 PM

Swedish Scientists Use Augmented Reality to Ease Phantom Pains

12.1.2016 10:34 PM

Faig Ahmed's Psychedelic Carpets Will Mutate Your Mind

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

12.1.2016 5:02 PM

Facebook Releases Videos Meant to Counter A.I.'s Scary Reputation

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

11.30.2016 3:20 PM

Balancing Algorithm Developed for Humanoid Atlas Robot

11.28.2016 4:00 PM

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

11.27.2016 12:31 PM

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

Heavy metal, fast cars, destruction.

11.23.2016 3:38 PM

Tesla Converts Ta'u Island from Diesel to Solar Power

11.22.2016 8:22 PM

Could Outside Moderators Save Facebook From Fake News?

Someone has to step up to the plate.

11.21.2016 6:56 PM

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

Instagram is looking a lot more like Snapchat every day.

11.17.2016 10:52 PM

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

11.17.2016 9:36 PM

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

11.16.2016 7:22 PM

People Are Losing Their Minds Over Google Earth VR