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IN AN AGE OF
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
AND VIRTUAL REALITY,
WHAT DOES IT MEAN
TO BE HUMAN?
BUDDHIST MONK GELONG THUBTEN
AND NEUROSCIENTIST ASH RANPURA

ARE WE ALONE
IN THE UNIVERSE?
ASTRONOMER AVI LOEB

THE ASTONISHING
TALE OF HOMO NALEDI:
WHAT IS THE TRUE
STORY OF HUMANKIND?
PALAEOANTHROPOLOGIST LEE BERGER

WHAT IS LIFE?
PAUL DAVIES, ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

CLIMATE ADAPTATION
IN CROPS: A POISONED
CHALICE?
FORMER CHIEF SCIENTIST TO
THE UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME
JACQUELINE MCGLADE

WHAT ARE THE LIMITS
OF AI? OF INTELLIGENCE
AND HUMANITY MORE
BROADLY?
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
JOANNA BRYSON

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