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Science

Jill Lepore on why Silicon Valley gets science fiction wrong

Scientific American · August 26, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Historian Jill Lepore explains what tech leaders miss in their favorite stories—and why the fight over AI data centers may be where the machine stops

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