Our Tech Overlords Dangerous Fantasies
In many ways, those working on developing artificial general intelligence believe that they can make themselves immortal, and are indifferent to what their attempts will mean to the rest of us. It turns out that the Pope’s analogy of the tower of Babel is uncannily accurate. Long read, very thought-provoking.
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