In medieval Europe, peasants had a vision of paradise that they called the Land of Cockaigne. It was a mythical place of plenty, where the walls were made of sausages and the sky rained cheese. Nearly ...

Fretting about AI taking your job is so passé. At best, it will upend society as we know it. At worst, it could kill and dismember us to make paperclips. Gainful employment will be the least of your ...

Imagine you have just asked a junior sales assistant if he can give a discount on the shirt you are considering buying. He hesitates for a moment and then says he will have to ask his boss. Now ...

A new book by Nick Bostrom is a major publishing and cultural event. His 2014 book, Superintelligence, helped to wake the world up to the impact of the first Big Bang in AI, the arrival of deep ...

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