Could ai save us from extinction?

AI, literary theory and traditional storytelling

The technology-led US stockmarket has hit another record peak. There are rumours of stonking pay packages for software developers in Silicon Valley. One of the leading tech behemoths has just achieved

Our schools can–and must–lead the way in teaching the next generation the incalculable value of the natural world, contends Roger Morgan-Grenville

Robert Hutton says many people fail to grasp the real nature of artificial intelligence

Of the hundreds of thousands of asteroids in our solar system, it is all too feasible that one could strike Earth. If scientists discover this is likely to happen, what are our options for defending ourselves – and who will make the key decisions? Tomas Weber reports

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