The New Republic

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An illustration of a young man stands before a fork in the road that diverges into two possible consequential paths for the future of our species with technology: on the left, the road to AI hell and sci-fi dystopia; and on the right, the hopeful utopian future of AI abundance and global cooperation.

DIVINE DELUSION

Jacob Bacharach

Adopt AI or Die?

In his new book The God Test, Robert Wright proposes that humanity is facing both a singular opportunity and an epochal threat.