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Topic: Futurism

AI hand holding a nuclear fusion reaction (Getty Images/Ole_CNX)

AI: apocalypse or utopia? Probably not

Émile P. Torres
Futuristic city with an organic architecture (Getty Images/3000ad)

Why utopian thinking is so dangerous

Émile P. Torres
Robot holding human skull (Getty Images/xia yuan)

AI, the tech elite and "extinction"

Émile P. Torres
Elon Musk | "Aeroritratto di Mussolini aviatore" by Alfredo Gauro Ambrosi (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Wikimedia Commons)

Is Elon Musk actually a futurist?

Matthew Rozsa
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William MacAskill (Photo by Matt Crockett / Courtesy of Basic Books)

"Longtermism": The marketing campaign

Émile P. Torres
(L-R) Nick Bostrom Philosopher at the Future of Humanity Institute in Oxford, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Sir Francis Galton the father of Eugenics (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"Longtermism" is everywhere — and toxic

Émile P. Torres
Futuristic Robot AI Leadership Concept (Getty Images/gremlin)

Will a super AI kill us all? Maybe

Émile P. Torres
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Right-wing politics of the "Singularity"

Jason Rhode
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Sean Young in "Blade Runner" (Warner Bros.)

Sex in dystopian films

Gabriel Bell
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