What is physical AI? MIT CSAIL explores how it's already helping robots understand the real world — & where it's heading next: tinyurl.com/fa9mdx6j

On many '90s PCs, your system would give you the go-ahead to power down. Image v/@AYTOarchive

What do you think robots will be doing in 2050?

#otd in 1950, the Turing Test was born w/Alan Turing’s seminal paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence." bit.ly/2Yiby9V

Students sometimes ask me if it still makes sense, in this accelerating age, to pursue a PhD in AI. Perhaps counterintuitively, I think it's a great time to do so. I wrote up some thoughts on this here: web.mit.edu/phillipi/www/wri…

Daniela Rus, CSAIL Director & MIT Prof., says that after automation, "intelligence will live in your pocket, not a data center." "It is a path toward AI that is powerful w/o being wasteful, ubiquitous w/o being intrusive, & personal w/o requiring surveillance." Read her full thoughts, which are part of @every's Thesis conference in Nov.: tinyurl.com/b3ndzpk9

"Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming." — Brian Kernighan

Google launched #otd in 1998. It looked a bit different 28 years ago.

In 2006, then-CNBC reporter Erin Burnett mentioned the idea of an "iPhone" to Steve Jobs. The product was in development at the time, but not officially announced. Video v/@historyinmemes

The 25 most important mathematical definitions in data science, v/@DailyDoseOfDS_.

Did you know the original Claude — the chatbot’s namesake, according to Anthropic lore — was a renowned MIT professor? Claude Shannon SM ’40, PhD ’40, who taught at MIT from 1956 until his retirement in 1978, was known to many as the father of information theory and of modern digital communications.

A list explaining key ML concepts and papers: github.com/dair-ai/ML-Papers… v/@omarsar0

U.S. News and World Report has named MIT the top university in the US. The Institute was ranked No. 1 in undergraduate engineering, computer science, & economics programs: bit.ly/4rt2tVd

A handy guide to Git commands, from Git: bit.ly/4x42mBe

#otd 24 years ago, Tor was launched by MIT students for anonymous communications: bit.ly/4e4maef

What was your first handheld device (iPod, Walkman, etc)?

Notable AI models by country, top 3: 1. USA: 59 🇺🇸 2. China: 35 🇨🇳 3. South Korea: 8 🇰🇷 v/Stanford's AI Index 2026 Annual Report

Today @Google, we published work led by @m_codreanu on AI in Science, drawing on 15 million Gemini interactions, 2,600 specialised AI models & a 600-scientist survey. What did we find about how AI is changing science? Read on...