Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova on the Art of Election Betting

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Jasmine Sun on What the AI Industry Got Wrong About the Public Backlash

Within the AI industry, even the builders of it have been very anxious about the technology. They've talked for years about its potential to create destabilizing job losses. They even spend a lot of time thinking about rogue AI that could lead to human extinction. But for all the ...  Show more

Nick Bostrom on What Happens if AI Solves All of Our Problems

The philosopher Nick Bostrom was one of the first thinkers who mapped out the existential risk of AI. In his 2014 book, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, he delved into various scenarios — like the now-famous “paperclip maximizer” — to show the dangers that unfettere ...  Show more

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