And I would like to feature a 2nd -- quite different -- book for today, if I may.

Dino Buzzati: Il deserto dei Tartari

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tartar_Steppe

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Novel by Dino Buzzati

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Day 15:

(1/n)

Despite the fact that many #AI critics now point out that the imminent threats of #ArtificialIntelligence are quite large and that an #ExtinctionLevelEvent chiefly diverts attention from these negative outcomes, such as job losses, racism, and...

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Curious Matter Anthology / Sonnet

Curious Matter Anthology is a multi-award winning fiction podcast that adapts stories from the world’s best Sci-fi, and Horror writers into fully immersiv...

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Day 15:

(2/n)

...misogyny, #SciFi grandmasters like #IsaacAsimov (#CompleteRobot) and #PhilipKDick have long been writing about this theme.

Maybe you'll like this excellent #audiobook mini-series of his #SciFi classic, too:

*Curious Matter Anthology: Philip K. Dick's #SecondVariety - Part 1 *

It still gives me the goosebumps.

Why does..

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Day 15:

(3/n)

...In the summer of 2022, a big international survey was conducted:

"We contacted approximately 4271 researchers who published at the conferences NeurIPS or ICML in 2021. "

It found, among other things:

"The median respondent believes the probability that the 👉long-run effect of advanced #AI...

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Day 15:

(4/n)

...on humanity will be “extremely bad (e.g., human extinction)👈” is 5%. This is the same as it was in 2016 (though #Zhang et al 2022 found 2% in a similar but non-identical question).
Many respondents were substantially more concerned: 👉48% of respondents gave at least 10% chance of an extremely bad outcome." 1)

Now,..

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Day 15:

(6/6)

...is a dramatized version, like the outstanding 1938 radio drama, #TheWarOfTheWorlds by #OrsonWelles, based on the #SciFi classic by #HGWells, which led to a mass panic of people, because the realization was so authentic.*

*
The War of the Worldshttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds_(1938_radio_drama)

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