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Why the Future Doesn't Need Us

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Last discussed Oct 8, 2026

A 2000 Wired magazine article by Bill Joy arguing that emerging technologies are too dangerous to develop.

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"He published a famous article, widely discussed, on April 1st 2000 in Wired magazine of all places and all times, titled Why the Future Doesn't Need Us, in which he argued that these technologies are too dangerous to develop."

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