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Will AIs Take All Our Jobs and End Human History—or Not? Well, It’s Complicated…

Stephen Wolfram

For example, something that in the past needed “human persuasion” might be “automated” by something like gamification—but then more of it can be done, with new needs for design, analytics, management, etc. What if the innovations and discoveries just don’t matter, say to us humans? We’ve been talking about “jobs”. What if nobody cares?

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Remembering the Improbable Life of Ed Fredkin (1934–2023) and His World of Ideas and Stories

Stephen Wolfram

There’ll be more specialized sessions exploring > implications and applications in areas such as computer science, > biology, social science, physics, mathematics, philosophy, and future > of technology. But things didn’t go well and it wasn’t long before Ed stepped down from his role.