AI is already widespread and garnering billions of dollars in investment. But that doesn’t mean its ubiquity is predetermined. Society can decide when and how it’s used.
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Sapolsky summarises the latest scientific research relevant to determinism: the idea that we’re causally ‘determined’ to act as we do and couldn’t possibly act any other way.
If every action spilts the universe into different versions, what does that mean for free will?
Your beliefs about free will can have a powerful effect on how you behave.
To what degree do pupils belong to or in a school?
Study finds identical twins more likely to vote the same way – unless they back the Lib Dems.
Some people seem born lucky. Everything they touch turns to gold. Others are dogged by misfortune. It’s not just people who might be lucky or unlucky – it can be single acts. When the ball hits a post…
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