Thomas Moynihan
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From superorganisms to superintelligences, how studying crabs could reveal that we are unintentionally building an artificial world brain.
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Is it inevitable that we infuse our AI debates with religious rhetoric?
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When people first encountered extinct beasts, they tended to blame them for their demise. But if we can learn to stop pillorying the perished, we can learn a lesson in ...
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