The bumpy road to the AI promised land

AI News September 27, 2026 06:30 AM

For centuries, futurists have sounded alarms about impending doom. I remember a primary school project in the late 1970s on why the “Population Bomb” might mean the world would experience mass starvation. A happy topic for a 10-year-old.

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The bumpy road to the AI promised land

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The bumpy road to the AI promised land

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