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Even if they don’t, they might be treated as such—to humanity’s great cost
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We don’t care for others because they’re conscious. We believe they’re conscious because we care about them, argues Blaise Agüera…

Some experts believe computers will need biological aspects to become self-aware

Autonomous hacking is here. Governments are not ready

It may have profound implications for society and what it means to be human

How much should managers let bots do the thinking?

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