AI is advancing at breakneck speed, but will it actually solve our biggest challenges—or just make them worse? From mass censorship to the rise of digital IDs, intelligence alone may not be enough to fix what’s broken. In this compelling speech, Michael Shellenberger suggests that the problems we face will require something other than more data to solve - they will require a renewal of our morality.
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With the return of the ARC Conference this February, we are launching our first book — a work that encapsulates the values and ideas that shape ARC’s mission. The Best of Our Inheritance brings together fifteen of the sharpest minds of our time to make a bold case for remembering the values of our civilisation. From Barry Straussʼ account of the Classical Tradition, Ayaan Hirsi Aliʼs personal reflections on the values of the West and its Christian roots to Nigel Biggarʼs chapter on human dignity and Joseph Laconte’s call to the artists, reading this book will give you a tangible vision for civilisational renewal.
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Michael Shellenberger is the C.B.R. Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech at the University of Austin, a Time Magazine "Hero of the Environment", Dao Journalism Prize winner, Founder of Public.News, and the bestselling author of Apocalypse Never and San Fransicko.
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