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Bill Gates Warns AI Could Bring 20 Years of Disruption, Job Losses and Security Threats
Mindbytes Oct 22, 2026

Bill Gates Warns AI Could Bring 20 Years of Disruption, Job Losses and Security Threats

Bill Gates warns that artificial intelligence could unleash two decades of upheaval, threatening employment, cybersecurity and global stability without stronger oversight.
gizmo guru 1 min read
The Scope of Potential “Basic Drives” for Superintelligences is Likely Quite Broad
Article Oct 20, 2026

The Scope of Potential “Basic Drives” for Superintelligences is Likely Quite Broad

Superintelligence may take more forms than savior or destroyer. Ben Goertzel explores six alternative AI minds, arguing that what they pursue and protect could determine what they become.
Ben Goertzel 39 min read
Why The Man Who Invented AI's Core Algorithm Says Consciousness Is Real | Paul Werbos
Podcast Jun 23, 2026

Why The Man Who Invented AI's Core Algorithm Says Consciousness Is Real | Paul Werbos

What happens when the guy who helped power modern neural networks starts talking about chi, psi, noosphere, and why some big AI programs quietly try to turn people into things?

Thomas Ehmer 1 min read
Why AI Rights are a Corporate Loophole and an Existential Trap
Community Jul 22, 2026

Why AI Rights are a Corporate Loophole and an Existential Trap

Granting AI rights is no liberation it’s a corporate liability shield and an existential trap. Machines lack qualia and consciousness. Keep them as tools, never peers.

Abigail Tarekegn 6 min read
It’s Not Slop. It’s Kudzu
Article Aug 29, 2026

It’s Not Slop. It’s Kudzu

Before you call AI music "slop," consider: recorded sound was once the devil's work. Now it's kudzu. Welcome to the end.

RU Sirius 14 min read
Basic AI Drives Revisited, Part 1
Article Oct 13, 2026

Basic AI Drives Revisited, Part 1

Which Minds Have Omohundro’s “Basic AI Drives”?
Ben Goertzel 61 min read
Sorry Mr. Yudkowsky, we'll build it and everything will be fine
Article Sep 23, 2025

Sorry Mr. Yudkowsky, we'll build it and everything will be fine

Review of "If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All" (2025), by Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares, with very critical commentary.
Giulio Prisco 8 min read
The Nine Days of Madness
Article Oct 9, 2026

The Nine Days of Madness

A (human-generated) work of hopefully-not-predictive fiction…
Ben Goertzel 57 min read
Measuring what truly matters
Article Jun 14, 2025

Measuring what truly matters

Eight key preconditions for a sustainable reputational market that results in trustworthy AIs being developed and widely adopted.

David Wood 11 min read
Geoffrey Hinton on AI intelligence and superintelligence
Article Sep 5, 2025

Geoffrey Hinton on AI intelligence and superintelligence

Artificial Intelligence (AI) pioneer Geoffrey Hinton, winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics, shared his insights on AI in two recent videos published by The Royal Institution.
Giulio Prisco 6 min read