What we know of ourselves in a scientific age — and what we don’t
Magnifica Humanitas is an inspiring invitation. But its focus on war, unemployment, and oligarchy misses the more insidious threat: that AI will turn the human experience itself into slop.
For centuries, holding vast territory has been the basis of state security. Drones and AI are about to make it a vulnerability.
A reply to Dominic Burbidge
We don’t need to figure out the meaning of life to get AI right, because it’s actually a limited tool.
We’re worrying about the wrong arms race with China.
The new cold war means a race with China over AI, biotech, and more. This poses a hard dilemma: win by embracing technologies that make us more like our enemy — or protect ourselves from tech dehumanization but become subjects to a totalitarian menace.
How to see clearly what lies ahead