I am glad to discover that theUnabomber ranks among the 1000 most read Wikipedia articles because it tells me he hits a nerve with people. And I believe he is right overall: his pessimistic outview is the most realistic and radical solutions are required to save humanity from being superseded by the machines. The fastest developing species on earth by a ridiculously huge margin have been for many decades nowrobots,computers andartificial intelligence (AI). They started on a very low basis but they are developingexponentially. It is only a matter of time when their evolution curve will cut ours and the minute we are relegated to the second most intelligent race on earth, our fate has been taken from our hands. As for Wikipedia, it takes no genius to foresee that the wisdom of mankind arduously collected here will be tapped by AI and used coldly against us.
So if you want to know about the real important stuff, not just what youconsider important in Wikipedia, read this:
Today, a computer passed theTuring test for the first time in history (click).
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