Pinker joins Hinton on a 'search for truth' panel at Starmus in the Canaries
sapinker · x · 2026-10-21
Steven Pinker shares his time at the Starmus (Stars + Music) conference in the Canary Islands, where he met many astronauts, spoke about common knowledge, and joined a panel on the search for truth alongside "Godfather of AI" Geoffrey Hinton and Christiana Figueres, the Costa Rican negotiator of the Paris Climate accords.
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