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Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Description
The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. Other animals have stronger muscles or sharper claws, but we have cleverer brains. If machine brains one day come to surpass human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become very powerful. As the fate of the gorillas now depends more on us humans than on...
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Are people living in a simulation? Filmmaker Rodney Ascher (Room 237, The Nightmare) wrestles with this existential question in his latest documentary, a multimedia journey that's part sci-fi mind-scrambler, part true-crime horror story.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Sam Harris explores topics that range from the nature of consciousness and free will, to politics and living ethically. Harris reveals what it means to truly "make sense" in the modern world. Includes talks with Daniel Kahneman, Timothy Snyder, Nick Bostrom, and Glen Loury.
