Joichi Ito stepped down as director of the MIT Media Lab on Saturday after a New Yorker article alleged the lab concealed its ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Kimberly White/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kimberly White/Getty Images National MIT Media Lab Director Steps Down Over Financial Ties To Jeffrey Epstein September 7, 2019 • Joichi Ito's resignation comes a day after an article in The New Yorker reported the lab concealed its relationship with Epstein, who helped solicit millions in donations from other wealthy donors.
iStockphoto Opinion 13.7: Cosmos And Culture Is There Something Uncanny About Machines That Can Think? January 26, 2015 • Commentator Tania Lombrozo says her sense is that thinking machines elicit an existential response — perhaps because we're threatened by the idea that maybe human thinking isn't so special.
