One of the main themes in science fiction today seems to be the Technological Singularity. In short, it’s a hypothetical event in the not-so-distant future where a more-than-human intelligence has been created. The logic goes thusly: If one were to build a more-than-human intelligence; this artificial intelligence (AI) would know how to improve itself better [...]
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The Fight for (Non-)Human Rights!
The entirety of human history is filled with the struggle for the rights of various groups in the societies in which they live. The fact that the slaves of America were treated unfairly in comparison to the population around them eventually led to the the Emancipation Proclamation (1862) and the Thirteenth Amendment to the United [...]