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.

Science

The Best New Alternatives to Uber and Lyft

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

By Joe Carmichael
Science

Artificial Intelligence Gained Consciousness in 1991

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

By Joe Carmichael
Science

Conscious A.I. Will Give Us Meaningful Relationships

A little empathy could go a long way.

By Joe Carmichael
Science

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

Let's talk about this for a second.

By Joe Carmichael
Science

Cars in the U.S. Could Soon Be Required to "Talk" to Each Other by 2023

By Joe Carmichael
Science

Ex-Employee: Uber Stalked Politicians, Celebs (Beyoncé), and Exes

A lawsuit claims Uber shares way more than just rides.

By Joe Carmichael
Science

Faraday Future Will "Unveil the Future" at CES 2017

By Joe Carmichael
Science

Amazon Previews Its Autonomous "Just Walk Out" Grocery Stores

Ever wished you could get away with shoplifting?

By Joe Carmichael
Science

Scientists Use Augmented Reality to Treat Phantom Limb Pain

By Joe Carmichael
Culture

Please Allow Faig Ahmed's Psychedelic Carpets to Mutate Your Mind

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

By Joe Carmichael
Science

Facebook's Fascinating New Videos Demystify A.I.'s Scary Reputation

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

By Joe Carmichael
Science

Researchers Have Developed an Algorithm to Make Robots Nimble

By Joe Carmichael
Science

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

By Joe Carmichael
Entertainment

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

Heavy metal, fast cars, destruction.

By Joe Carmichael
Science

Tesla Converts Ta'ū Island From Diesel to Solar Power

By Joe Carmichael
Science

Could Outside Moderators Save Facebook From Fake News?

Someone has to step up to the plate.

By Joe Carmichael
Science

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

Instagram is looking a lot more like Snapchat every day.

By Joe Carmichael
Science

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

By Joe Carmichael
Science

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

By Joe Carmichael
Science

People Are Literally Losing Their Minds Over Google Earth VR

By Joe Carmichael