AI's 'Cheerful Apocalyptics': Unconcerned If AI Defeats Humanity

The book Life 3.0 remembers a 2017 conversation where Alphabet CEO Larry Page "made a 'passionate' argument for the idea that 'digital life is the natural and desirable next step' in 'cosmic evolution'," remembers an essay in the Wall Street Journal. "Restraining the rise of digital minds would be wrong, Page contended. Leave them off the leash and let the best minds win" "As it turns out, Larry Page isn't the only top industry figure untroubled by...