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Though we might not turn to stone, an encounter with the basilisk would leave us gasping for air.
An advanced transistor-based intelligence would desire a very different world from one best suited for human flourishing.
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On AI-generated art.
Can we imagine a world where human artists still get to do their work, and eat?
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On taxing robots.
Automation is making the world worse, but the real problem is financial inequality, not robots.
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On ‘The Overstory.’
Trees made our world livable. Will we show gratitude … or destroy all the forests, wrecking our own chances of survival in the process?
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On automation, William Gaddis, and addiction.
An inefficient world might be a much better place to live.
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On productivity, and the risk of accidentally making the world worse when we’re trying to make it better.
If efficiency were all we were after, why bother with human consumers? Robots could grow the food, and gobble it all up, too.
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