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East Asia’s China Shock Masks a Deeper Need for Reform
North-east Asia's AI-driven export boom is masking a hollowing industrial base. As China competes across the full supply chain, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan face pressure to fix…
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Acemoglu to The Economist: Your critique is ‘oddly unconvincing
MIT professor Daron Acemoglu calls The Economist's verdict 'oddly unconvincing' and disputes its timing and sources; economist David Albouy replies on mortality data, with further letters on Europe's…
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Daron Acemoglu Rejects ‘Unconvincing’ Critique of His Work
Daron Acemoglu calls the August 17th critique “oddly unconvincing,” challenging anonymous sourcing, cherry-picked arguments and the timing alongside his new book on liberal democracy.
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Readers say animal testing is unethical and scientifically obsolete
In response to our August 8 leader, readers argue animal testing is ethically indefensible and scientifically unreliable — citing high clinical failure rates and urging non-animal alternatives.
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Letters: Musk’s ‘Zero Deaths’ Claim, AI’s Purpose and Africa’s Cities
This week's letters scrutinise Elon Musk's defence of USAID cuts, debate what sustains human purpose when AI does more, and weigh new evidence on household incomes and Africa's…
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Letters: Social Housing, Weather Forecasts, AI Law and a Falling Cow
This week's letters defend social-housing residents, explain how forecasters convey uncertainty, trace AI hallucinations in the courts, and remember the day a cow fell on a Kolkata commuter.
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Readers React to Elon Musk Interview on AI and Abundance
Our conversation with Elon Musk drew a flood of reader mail. Here is a selection, edited for brevity, spanning praise, skepticism and debate about AI, abundance and human…