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Amidst global conflict, crypto emerges as a double-edged sword, funding both liberation and oppression. Explore its controversial role in the world's deadliest struggles.

Explore the looming future where 90% of customer service jobs could be taken over by bots, transforming interactions with corporations. Is the convenience worth the sacrifice of human nuance?

A historic week saw OpenAI and Broadcom unleash a purpose-built AI inference accelerator, NASA launch its most powerful space telescope yet, physicists glimpse rare particle interactions at the LHC, and brain-computer interfaces take a leap toward practical intelligence. Each breakthrough represents a multi-billion-dollar bet on fundamentally different futures—from gigawatt-scale compute to million-mile cosmic observation.

In this article, Jan Horlings explores how ingrained compassion can transform Artificial General Intelligence, paving the way for a more ethical and beneficial future for all.

Can AI predict itself? Self-AIXI transforms reinforcement learning, replacing exhaustive planning with foresight, promising efficiency and adaptability for AI-driven decision-making.

Can humanity thrive under the rapid march of Effective Accelerationism, or is it a utopian myth serving Silicon Valley’s elite?