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Artificial intelligence and the dream of eternal life
| Giovanni TisoThomas S G Farnetti
Until now, eternal life was the stuff of fiction, or in the unknowable realms of religion. But an artificial intelligence that ‘remembers’ the whole of an individual’s experience could be the way to life after death.
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A virtual view of history
| Marina GernerSteven Pocock
Step inside Anne Frank’s house or explore the galleries in a museum destroyed by fire. VR brings history and art satisfyingly close when we’re unable to get there in person.
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How do advertisers get inside our heads?
| Charlie WilliamsSarah MarksDaniel Pick
Vance Packard exposed techniques of mass manipulation developed by 1950s advertisers that are still at work today in the age of big data.
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Virtual reality and the fix of the future
| Stevyn Colgan
Virtual reality, with its complex sensory tricks, takes us beyond the real world. Find out how these potentially addictive experiences can harm us – or might even have therapeutic uses.