Martin Rees
Viewpoint: ‘Human intelligence may be just a brief phase before machines take over’ — So is AI a form of ‘alien life’?
Human intelligence may be just a brief phase before machines take over. That may answer where the aliens are hiding ...
Viewpoint: ‘We are despoiling our planet’. Can we rescue humanity before it’s too late?
Our Earth has existed for 45 million centuries; and humans for a few thousand. But this century is the first ...
Biomedicine, vaccines and antibiotics dramatically better human lives, but critics raise specter of ‘dangerous viruses’ and bioterrorism
Although continued innovation will further improve people’s lives, it will also give rise to new threats. … True, better diagnostics, ...