Superintelligence: Triumph or Threat?
If we are able to create intelligent machines, how can we guarantee they will keep us alive and well, as opposed to wiping us out? Marcelo reviews Nick Bostrom's Superintelligence.
October 22, 2014
Is Freedom Just An Illusion? Maybe We Don't Want To Know
As we learn more about the brain, we should ask whether learning too much might, ultimately, compromise our freedom. Simulating reality could be a threat to reality.
March 12, 2014