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The internet may have broadened our horizons, but it hasn't changed how we think about sex. With maybe one exception...
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No, the internet isn't about to gain sentience and become a globe-spanning hivemind.
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The tech industry didn't suddenly start promising disruptive revolutions with every new gadget and app. It's been doing that since its first days.
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The best way to make robots move may be to just let them figure out how to do it.
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Panic about social media ruining kids' minds is just another in a long line of panics created by older generations intimidated by new technology.
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Singularitarian arguments for the seeming inevitability of artificial super-intelligent are little more than wild extrapolations of pop sci cliches.
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Ray Kurzweil is an atheist by the colloquial definition of the term. But when it comes to the spirit of the term, instead of the letter, I would hesitate to agree.
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DARPA wants machines that can look at video and not just see what's in the frame, but understand it.
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Some recent AI papers suggest training robots like you would train intelligent animals. The question is why you would need to do that.
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The internet is failing to live up to its utopian ideals for a simple reason. A lot of people just want to reach out to hate someone, not make friends.