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== Sam Harris' main website and Project Reason ==
== Sam Harris' main website and Project Reason ==
As can be seen below, Sam Harris' main website has seen an uptick in traffic. This is partly due to his recent talks on superintelligent artificial intelligence to general audiences and his recent commentary on Islam. In addition, perhaps [[New Atheism|new atheist]] Richard Dawkins' recent pulling back from public life due to an illness in 2016 caused Sam Harris, who is also a new atheist, to obtain some of Dawkins' web traffic.
As can be seen below, Sam Harris' main website has seen an uptick in traffic. This is partly due to his recent talks on superintelligent artificial intelligence to general audiences<ref>Harris, Sam (2016). "[https://www.ted.com/talks/sam_harris_can_we_build_ai_without_losing_control_over_it Can we build AI without losing control over it?[" TED. June 2016.</ref>
and his recent commentary on Islam. In addition, perhaps [[New Atheism|new atheist]] Richard Dawkins' recent pulling back from public life due to an illness in 2016 caused Sam Harris, who is also a new atheist, to obtain some of Dawkins' web traffic.
On the other hand, Harris' ambitious plans for his [[Project Reason]] website were not successful.
On the other hand, Harris' ambitious plans for his [[Project Reason]] website were not successful.