Best of 2016

The blog posts Hacker News loved most in 2016. 153 posts.

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The Myth of AI – Jaron Lanier

That mythology, in turn, has spurred a reactionary, perpetual spasm from people who are horrified by what they hear. You'll have a figure say, "The computers will take over the Earth, but that's a good thing, because people had their chance and now we should give it to the machines." Then you'll have other people say…