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In a new manifesto, OpenAI’s Sam Altman envisions an AI utopia – and reveals glaring blind spots

Trump has a poor track record on trade, inflation and taxes but the area of biggest economic concern if he is re-elected president would come from his rejection

The argument isn’t whether African democracies are better than those in the West. It’s simply that the idea of “real” and “not yet real” democracies expresses a colonial

A new book argues that climate change rose from imperialism and capitalism Climate change is the Symptom, Capitalism is the Problem. Pic – Common  Dreams How old is

The masculinity on display at the Democratic convention was groundbreaking as men − from Joe Biden to Pete Buttigieg to Tim Walz to Doug Emhoff − aimed unreservedly

As with Obama, there is an unspoken, racist implication: This candidate is foreign. They’re not like you and me

German-American philosopher Hannah Arendt’s masterwork foresaw the self-obsessed consumerist world that technology was creating.

A philosopher explains it’s not a choice or a feeling − it’s a practice

As with Obama, there is an unspoken, racist implication: This candidate is foreign. They’re not like you and me You may have heard the rumor that Kamala Harris

Progress in AI has given philosophers plenty to think about; it may even have begun to provide some answers

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An assassin’s bullet couldn’t knock George Wallace out of politics − but it made him seek redemption.

Since July 2020, the Olympic Charter prohibits “any kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda”. But what if the Olympic project was in its essence political?

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A mood of shocked loss has emerged in the UK, as basic public services have fallen apart.