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Extinction Denied?

Two basic events seem to be converging. First, our technology advances at an astonishingly rapid pace, while our behavior hasn’t changed since our ancestors were kicked out of Eden. Thus, we now have the capacity for endless mayhem (I’m ignoring all the benefits of technology, as they can be extinguished in a millisecond), coupled with…


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There’s Little I in AI

I previously touched this subject several times; the last piece was a couple of years ago, but its ever-increasing shadow made me think an encore might be appropriate. Everybody is talking or writing about AI, though the level of comprehension about the subject seems inversely proportional to its ubiquity. You certainly won’t get any deep…


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