The media reckons with AGI

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The media reckons with AGI

In 1988, NASA scientist James Hansen told the U.S. Senate that man-made climate change was real, imminent, and potentially catastrophic. It was a perfect opportunity for the media to start covering the issue with the importance and urgency it deserved. Yet journalists did not rise to the occasion. For decades, they peddled both-sidesism, failing to take seriously the scientific consensus and not adequately discussing how to tackle the problem. I…