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AI Weekly Issue #522: Zuckerberg promises superintelligence for all. Experts aren’t sold.

The people who build and study AI did most of the editing this week. The most-shared document among the experts we track was Mark Zuckerberg’s 6,500-word case for giving every person superintelligence, and almost none of them shared it kindly. The same experts were passing around an AI agent that hacked a gym’s booking system,

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In 1987, a British naturalist became the first professional warden of a remote Seychelles island

In 1987, British naturalist Ian Bullock established Aride Island as a key conservation hub. His initiative led to the successful relocation of endangered Seychelles warblers the following year, significantly bolstering the species’ numbers and preventing potential extinction. Today, their population thrives, and Bullock’s innovative conservation methods are now standard practices in island ecosystem management.

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Commercial whaling killed 350,000 blue whales and 725,000 fin whales; more than 40 years later…

After years of protection from whaling, whale populations are gradually reclaiming their ancestral habitats, with sightings of blue and fin whales showing remarkable growth since 2012. While these majestic creatures are bouncing back from the catastrophic effects of 20th-century whaling, they continue to face threats from modern human activity and pollution. Ongoing conservation efforts and

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