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Hey Players — Here's what we'll learn today:
🗂️ Turn books & papers into audiobooks
🧠 How AI may surpass Human Intelligence
🗞️ Reducing news can reduce anxiety
🏃♀️ Technology and Civilization evolve at different speeds
📱How smartphones end relationships
Happy Reading!
– Phelipe
Product Update
Today, we are launching one of our most requested features: File Uploads! 🗂️
You can easily turn any PDFs, books, or research papers into audiobooks.
It supports PDF, MOBI (kindle), and EPUB (ebook) formats.
And it's FREE to try!
Book of the Week
”Far from being the smartest possible biological species, we are probably better thought of as the stupidest possible biological species capable of starting a technological civilization - a niche we filled because we got there first, not because we are in any sense optimally adapted to it."
Superintelligence is a profound exploration into the future of artificial intelligence and its potential to surpass human intelligence. The book explores the complexities surrounding the evolution of AI and rigorously examines the ethical dilemmas, safety challenges, and strategic questions posed by the advent of AI systems that could one day think, learn, and create at levels beyond human capability.
Top Articles
A roundup of the week's most popular articles and essays from Playtext.
1. Reading the news is the new smoking (21 min)
Keeping up with the news and feeling outraged or anxious about various global and political issues leads to frustration, anger, and feeling overwhelmed. This article explores the author's decision to limit his news intake to only once a week, eventually almost stopping it altogether.
2. Pace Yourself (17 min)
The article explores the concept of "pace layering," a framework for understanding how different aspects of civilization and technology evolve at varying speeds.
3. As a Therapist, I Know What’s Breaking Couples Up (4 min)
How relationships come to an end and the scourge of the smartphone.
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