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Jill Lepore on artificial intelligence: “Do we want robots to come now?”

Artificial intelligence penetrates the power centers. The techbarons of Silicon Valley want to decide the future of humanity. Historian Jill Lepore reconstructs where they got their ideas from.

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Jill Lepore on artificial intelligence: “Do we want robots to come now?”

Artificial intelligence penetrates the power centers. The techbarons of Silicon Valley want to decide the future of humanity. Historian Jill Lepore reconstructs where they got their ideas from.

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The consequences of the oil disaster?: More and more animals disappear from the Gulf of Mexico

Krill, lantern fish, and cephalopods — these marine animals are disappearing from the Gulf of Mexico at a frightening pace, according to a new study. Genetic diversity is also shrinking dramatically, warn researchers from Florida. What an oil spill has to do with it.

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Terracotta Army in China: Fingerprints Give Clues to Sculptors

Tall as people and made of clay: An army of warrior sculptures accompanied the Chinese ruler Qin Shihuangdi to his death. Now there are surprising clues as to who created the characters.

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Surveys and tests: How intelligence affects the perception of one’s own appearance

Beauty is known to be in the eye of the observer, so it is perceived individually and subjectively. Whether and how general intelligence influences the assessment of one’s own physical attractiveness, scientists from Norway research and come to a surprising conclusion.

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Indonesia: Alleged car-sized rocket part crashes on plantation

Workers in Indonesia have discovered a strange component that had fallen from the sky. In the US, there was apparently a similar incident. The trail leads to a Chinese rocket.

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