Avi Loeb believes AI could save humanity—but first we have to stop feeding it junk food

Sometimes the thought of Avi Loeb being an extremely advanced AI has crossed my mind. It’s the only way I can explain that a man so prolific in his research, so busy with teaching, trips, and conferences, replies so swiftly to email.  Whether early in the morning, when the sun is barely out—after jogging in the forests by his home near the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts—or from the middle of the Pacific Ocean, after a long day searching for evidence of the first...