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Tag: Humans
Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
“What I’m not sure about, is if our lives have been so different from the lives of the people we … More
Kazuo Ishiguro Uses Artificial Intelligence to Reveal the Limits of Our Own
The relation between society’s increasingly invidious, focussed, and sinister patterns of selection (fascism, genetic engineering, “lifting”) and the cosmic arbitrariness … More
Jared Diamond: ‘Humans’
Humans 150,000 years ago, wouldn’t figure on a list of the five most interesting species on Earth’.. Jared Diamond.. Jared … More
The Hunt for Planet Nine – Shannon Stirone
Man’s sole greatness is to fight against what is beyond him,” Camus said. So why do we bother going to … More
Forget about artificial intelligence, extended intelligence is the future – Joi Ito
Instead of thinking about machine intelligence in terms of humans vs machines, we should consider the system that integrates humans … More
Why Humans Run the World – Yuval Noah Harari
Yuval Noah Harari explores the journey of humankind — from being ‘just another animal’ seventy thousand years ago, to dominating … More
