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Elon Musk thinks we’re close to solving AI. That doesn’t make it true.

Vox

Elon Musk is at or near the top of pretty much every AI influencer list I have ever seen, despite the fact he doesn’t have a degree in AI and seems to have only one academic journal article in the field, which received little notice. The most important paper I ever wrote for AI was in a psychology journal.

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Google wants to build a useful quantum computer by 2029

The Verge

The search giant hopes the technology will help solve a range of big problems like feeding the world and climate change to developing better medicines. It will spend billions developing the technology over the next decade, The Wall Street Journal reports. Despite the challenges ahead, Google is optimistic about its chances. “We

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Further explanation and answers to 6 questions on the Newspaper Extinction Timeline after one million views

Trends in the Living Networks

Tablets will be given away for free (with strings attached) very soon, and digital paper will supplant paper by the end of the decade in many developed countries. In developed countries newspapers have largely lost classifieds revenue, are experiencing rapid decrease in display advertising, and are losing readers apace.

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