Fiji ant plant builds tiny condos that stop ant wars

Odd plants from a remote Pacific island reveal new insights into an important ecological question: how unrelated and antagonistic partners can form long-term mutualistic relationships with the same host. Scientists studying ant plants in Fiji have discovered one way that a host plant can keep the peace among residents that might otherwise kill each other….

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Appreciating That The Compassionate Intelligence In AGI And AI Superintelligence Might Be Too Much Of A Good Thing

How much compassion should AI and AGI exhibit before it becomes a danger to humanity? getty In today’s column, I examine the worrisome issue that artificial general intelligence (AGI) and artificial superintelligence (ASI) are going to be overly compassionate and caring. That might seem like an odd concern, namely, we presumably do want AGI and…

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