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Italian and Russian futurists of the early 20th century imagined that technology would remake humanity. Today’s techno-utopians…
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AI slop refers to low- to mid-quality content created with AI tools, often with little regard for accuracy or quality.
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Two new studies challenge scientists’ previous theories on how the very first stars in the universe formed.
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