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AI systems can now improve themselves by themselves. Is this the dawn of machine superintelligence?
We are living in a world backed by technology that seems to have a spiritual project of its own. Are the fears of the Pope’s AI-critical encyclical founded?
More than a decade after its release, the film Ex Machina has proven a insightful forerunner to current debates about AI.
Vince Gilligan, who also made Breaking Bad, says he didn’t intend to make Plur1bus ahout AI – yet the links are undeniable.
We are not ready for AI more intelligent than ourselves. Here’s why.
While we’re at the peak of AI hype, some people are concerned it will wipe out humanity.
AI systems more intelligent than humans in some ways already exist – but general-purpose superhuman intelligence is probably still a long way off.
Is it possible to ‘align’ AI systems to human interest? A new plan to build an AI system to solve this problem highlights the limits of the idea.
A recent open letter calling for a temporary artificial intelligence development hiatus is more concerned with hypothetical risks about the future than the issues that are right in front of us.
We’re facing an arms race to build an artificial super-intelligence – this could be a disaster without government action.
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This is the audio version of an in depth article from The Conversation, which explores the ethics of transhumanism.
The quest for technology to be the salvation of humankind neglects to consider some darker truths that lead to dystopia.
Many people are concerned about artificial intelligence. But new technologies like augmented reality are blurring the lines between us and the machines.
The possibility that advanced artificial intelligence (AI) might one day turn against its human creators has been repeatedly raised of late. Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, for instance, surprised…
Humans are currently the most intelligent beings on the planet – the result of a long history of evolutionary pressure and adaptation. But could we some day design and build machines that surpass the human…
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