1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (222+ words) Could AI’s “judgment day” come without a machine rebellion? Meer | English edition Once AI begins automating meaningful portions of its own development, technological progress could become increasingly self-reinforcing, with each generation helping to accelerate the creation of the next. This…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (200+ words) The digital revolution goes much beyond the “industry 4.0” simplification, as if it were just a step up in industrial capitalism. The transformation is structural, and the measures urgent, as the chaotic mismatch between 21st century high-tech and the century old institutions…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (553+ words) States and nations have recognized for thousands of years that some problems are better managed through mutually beneficial agreements with their neighbors. One of the first known agreements was struck more than 4,500 years ago between two city-states in Iraq. Each…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (181+ words) Meer | English edition Pentimenti is pleased to present Miles to go before we sleep, a solo exhibition of intricately detailed wood carvings and paintings by artist Humaira Abid. Migration is equally central to Abid’s work. It can be an act…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (864+ words) The roots of this tradition lie in the Renaissance idea of studia humanitatis, a curriculum built around grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, and moral philosophy. Education in these fields was intended to cultivate judgment and civic responsibility. Knowledge was measured not…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (189+ words) Meer | English edition Artificial intelligence is profoundly reshaping the landscape of cyberwarfare by accelerating the scale, speed and sophistication of digital attacks. What once required extensive human expertise and weeks of preparation can now be executed in a matter of…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (294+ words) In recent years, Alzheimer's research has looked at the genetic source of amyloid-beta and tau for insights into disease progression and prognosis. The genes for amyloid-beta and tau have been identified, but no specific mutations have been identified for Alzheimer's....