Oscar Schwartz
Quartz
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Oscar:
Your favorite Twitter bots are about die, thanks to upcoming rule changes
The platform's well-intentioned effort to curb computational propaganda will likely sweep up art bots in its wake. → Read More
Move over chess, AI has a new game to beat
A video game AI is locked in a battle with the world’s best players. If we solved chess and Go, can we solve Dota? → Read More
Ants are communist as hell
We could take a lesson from our tiny pals. → Read More
No, the internet has not destroyed our attention spans
New research indicates humans have always been terrible at focusing, and that’s how we’re supposed to be. → Read More
The endangered 420 million year-old fish that may meet its end thanks to an oil company
An oil company is choosing to drill right on top of a tiny colony of coelacanths. → Read More
Flexing your wealth won’t make you any friends
Signaling wealth to peers through material goods does not make them want to be friends with you. → Read More
Google knows where you are at all times and there is almost nothing you can do about it
According to a new investigation, we should probably be scared about this, but it is also normal now. → Read More
Our genetic ancestors died due to climate change and laziness
New archeological research from the Australian National University has found that Homo erectus, our long-extinct hominid ancestors and the first hominid species to spend most of their time standing upright on the ground, probably died out because they were too chill. In a statement on the findings, lead researcher Dr. Ceri Shipton said that this laziness was evident from the unambitious way that… → Read More
No you can’t learn in your sleep
A new study shows when your brain is off, it is off. → Read More
AI bots are getting better than elite gamers
A DOTA 2 AI team managed to destroy a 99th-percentile team of human players. → Read More
Digital ads are starting to feel psychic
Targeted advertising has become so uncanny, it feels like we’re being surveilled. Two artists want to hear these stories. → Read More