Space
Space probes, the Golden Record and the films that imagined life among the stars, explained in plain language.
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How 2001: A Space Odyssey Predicted the AI Assistant (and Got the Scary Part Right)
HAL 9000 talked to astronauts in plain English in 1968 — decades before Siri. The unsettling part wasn't the voice.
A Record Meant to Outlive Us All
Voyager 1 has been flying for almost 50 years. Bolted to its side is a message built to make sense to something that isn't human.