Novelist Jane Hamilton reads her favorite novel endings.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Oxford University philosopher Nick Bostrom offers a cautionary take on artificial intelligence in his new book, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. In it, he imagines what could happen if computers were to ever become smarter than humans. He tells Steve Paulson that it could have catastrophic effects, unless we start thinking about it now.
We found a modern-day huckster. His name is Rev. Ivan Stang and he’s the co-founder of a cult called The Church of the SubGenius.
For years, Paul Ewald's been trying to convince people that cancer is caused by germs, not genes.
Singer and pianist Marcia Ball talks about the various kinds of Blues and how they differ from what she usually plays.
Jonathan Lethem's new novel is "Chronic City." The book has been described as a cross between the famous borough-centric New Yorker cartoon and the darkest episode of "Seinfeld."
Jane Juska tells Anne Strainchamps why, at the age of 66, she took out an ad in the NY Review of Books looking for as many sexual partners as possible.
Mary Wells Lawrence thought up some of the most clever and memorable ad campaigns of her generation. Her memoir is “A Big Life in Advertising.”
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