As a serious magazine, the Economist appreciates a sense of humor more than most. (A few years ago, a survey on the downturn in the petroleum industry showed an oil rig drilling with the caption “unwell”. And writing on artificial intelligence:
There is no practical reason to create machine intelligences indistinguishable from human ones. People are in plentiful supply. Should a shortage arise, there are proven and popular methods for making more.
This article on an American-demanded exemption from the International Criminal Court shows an American soldier with a machine gun playing basketball with a Bosnian youth. The caption: “Just don’t foul anybody deliberately”.
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