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The Age of Superintelligence

For the hour when you want a clear name for what the machines can do.

We built the machines. Now we must decide what to call what they can do — and what we still decide for ourselves.

We taught the machines to speak, then acted surprised when the room got crowded. Naming the age is not a boast. It is a way of staying awake inside it.

If this one stayed with you, read Archetypes in the Machine next.