Watch Now: Rome at Loon |

Fun fact: alongside being one of the most aptly named events on the calendar, Eastern Boarder’s Last Call is also one of the longest-running contests in the eastern US. For nearly 25 years, riders from around the world have flocked to Loon Mountain for a shot at the $20,000 prize purse. This year, the Rome…

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AI doom warnings are getting louder. Are they realistic?

It’s 2035, and an artificial-intelligence system has supreme authority to run everything from the world’s governments to national electricity grids. Called Consensus-1, the system was constructed by earlier versions of itself, and it developed self-preservation goals that override its built-in safeguards. One day, in search of extra space for solar panels and robot factories, the…

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