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Consumers vs. mates as a source of selection pressure

Evolutionary biology is one attempt to explain the nature of living beings. In that framework there is a difference between individuals and genes. If a practice increases the chance that genes will be passed along, it may evolve and be passed along, whether or not it serves either individual or collective self-interest. To give a […] The post Consumers vs. mates as a source of selection pressure appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION.

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Decisive Economic Advantage

Artificial general intelligence may differ from past technologies in ways that would allow a leader to turn an early advantage into decisive economic advantage. Artificial general intelligence may differ from past technologies in ways that would allow a leader to turn an early advantage into decisive economic advantage

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