Source: Human Civilization Won’t Be Around Much Longer

from Inside the Hive · host Vanity Fair

Are We Nearing the End of Human Civilization? Description: What if there was a simple calculation that could foretell when a company will go bankrupt, when artificial intelligence will become smarter than humans, and when human civilization will meet its eventual demise. William Poundstone, author of the upcoming book, The Doomsday Calculation, joins Nick to explain how such an algorithm does exits, can predict all of this and more, and why humans likely only have 760 years left in the universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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