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How scaremongering stops us asking the right questions about AI

We worry it’s going to steal our jobs – or even destroy humanity itself. But the real risks of AI are subtler and more tricky to handle

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Build an AI god? Beware the downsides of this weird tech plan

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What is really missing from AI?

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What is really missing from AI?

Culture

Bare bones: Five human ancestors known only from a few fossils

Humans

Bare bones: Five human ancestors known only from a few fossils

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AI could put a stop to electricity theft and meter misreadings

Technology

AI could put a stop to electricity theft and meter misreadings

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Technology

AI spots Alzheimer’s brain changes years before symptoms emerge

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Humans

We seem to be getting stupider and population ageing may be why

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Technology

Facebook AI learns human reactions after watching hours of Skype

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Technology

Fatal AI mistakes could be prevented by having human teachers

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Physics

Why am I rubbish at maths? And other curious questions answered

Mathematics is like marmite, people tend to love it or hate it. Find out why it can make us nervous, why we struggle at it and whether animals can do it too

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Technology

Tesla boss leads 116 experts calling for UN ban on killer robots

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Life

Who are you? How the story of human origins is being rewritten

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Life

The man who reads dog minds and personalities in a brain scanner

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Health

Newborn babies already have a sense of how numbers work

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