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The Abuses of Prehistory
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 1 month agoOur prehistoric ancestors never went away. This is what Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari argued in his international blockbuster Sapiens: A Brief...
‘Sapiens’ author says AI is an alien threat that could wipe us out: ‘Instead of coming from outer...
Fortune via AOL· 9 months agoDespite his own dire warnings, famed historian and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari said there was...
New words are popping up every day, but good advice never goes out of style
The Olympian via Yahoo News· 3 months agoI met Augusta in the ladies’ room of the JC Penney store in Minneapolis. Never mind how it happened,...
A Canadian godfather of AI calls for a 'pause' on the technology he helped create
Financial Post via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoYoshua Bengio, the Canadian professor who is considered one of the godfathers of artificial...
‘Civil War’ sends a message that’s more dangerous than the violence it depicts onscreen
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 month ago“Civil War,” the new film about a near-future United States torn apart by warfare between armed...
For a reader’s paradise, explore website that lists most-recommended books
Shreveport Times | The Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEvery month more than 300,000 people around the world search for "most recommended books" on Google. We’re all apparently looking for the best next book. Recommendations come at us from lots ...
The changing relationship of Oppenheimer and Col. Nichols
The Oak Ridger via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThis is a reprint of the second part of a two-part series on J. Robert Oppenheimer, which was taken...
Posthaste: Rising home prices, mortgage costs not stopping these Canadians from believing now's the...
Financial Post via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoInterest rates are high, home prices are on the rise again and mortgage costs are up, but that’s not...
Why humanity’s appetite for war will never be sated
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 1 week agoIt’s easy to think that we’re living through a period of increasing warfare around the world. Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Gaza, the sabre-rattling of...
The Social Media Panicmongers Have Pivoted to AI
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 9 months agoPhoto Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyArtificial intelligence (AI) has in 2023 quickly eclipsed social media and smartphones as the...