Artificial Intelligence – Our Final Invention?

Robots and artificial intelligence have always played a prominent role in science fiction. Memorable characters include HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey and Marvin the paranoid android from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. But is it just science fiction? Could we actually succeed in creating artificial general intelligence?

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Never take Freedom of Inquiry and Free Speech for granted

I had planned that my first blog post on this site should probably cover some easy-going topic, like where to enjoy that perfect glass of Chianti in Milan. Then two news items hit me, one from Saudi-Arabia and the other from Turkey. I thought – here I am, and I could basically write about anything without being afraid of the consequences. But that's not the case everywhere and I wanted to remind myself that freedom of inquiry and free speech should never be taken for granted.

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