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Boris Johnson Warns Of ‘Pink-Eyed Terminators’ And ‘Limbless Chickens’ In Absolutely Bonkers UN Speech
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivered a bizarre late night speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, warning that technology could make our world a dystopian hellscape if it’s not properly constrained — a place where mattresses monitor our nightmares, heartless algorithms deny us medical care, and… robots travel from…
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Britain Just Went A Week Without Coal For The First Time In 137 Years
Coal may have helped birth the Industrial Revolution in Britain, but the nation is working hard to leave it behind. And it just hit a big milestone: This marks the first time since 1882 that Britain has run a week without coal.
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British Kids From The 1960s Had Some Really Dark Predictions For The Future
Some of the most interesting predictions for the future don’t come from expert futurists or well-financed think tanks, they come from average kids. Today, we have video from the 1960s that features kids talking about their own vision for tomorrow. And it’s depressing as hell.
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UK Government Proposes Five Basic Principles To Keep Humans Safe From AI
A new report by the Lords Select Committee in the UK claims that Britain is in a strong position to be a world leader in the development of artificial intelligence. But to get there – and to keep AI safe and ethical – tech firms should follow the Committee’s newly proposed “AI Code”.