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<h1>Let's change that</h1>

<p>Let's put aside the gee-whiz attitude towards digital technologies, for it preoccupies us, everyone agog with short-sighted fads, loving or fearing the latest gizmo. Let's sober up and recognize artificial intelligence as an ill-chosen, distracting name for something more interesting and hopeful — amplified intelligence. Let's understand that as we invent and employ digital technologies, we are initiating stirring possibilities that can and should emerge through humane aspirations pursued in common across many generations.</p>jump unjump 

<p>So. . . . To begin, begin! In the morning we awake.  </p>

<p class="center"><i>Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness</i><br><i>Liberty—equality—fraternity</i><br><i>Justice for all</i></p>