The Real Danger To Civilization Isn’t AI. It’s Runaway Capitalism
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We asked a group of writers to consider the forces that have shaped our lives in 2017. Here, science fiction writer Ted Chiang looks at capitalism, Silicon Valley, and their fear of superintelligent A
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