Sigal Samuel
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Public opinion about AI can be summed up in two words: Slow. Down.
Neanderthals are extinct. But their molecules are back and they just might save our lives.
Humans install spikes so birds will go away. Birds steal them and do this instead.
The holy grail for understanding the start of the Anthropocene lies at the bottom of a lake in Canada.
“Arms race” is the wrong mental model for AI. Here’s a better one.
Reports that we’re becoming crappier humans over time are greatly exaggerated.
A revolutionary SETI experiment seeks to find out how earthlings might respond to a signal from aliens.
AI for the moral enhancement of humans? Sounds tempting. But we shouldn’t be so quick to automate our reasoning.
An AI-powered “brain decoder” can now read your thoughts with surprising accuracy.
It’s time for AI regulators to move fast and break things.