{"id":183131,"date":"2026-01-30T16:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T21:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/the-philosophical-puzzle-of-rational-artificial-intelligence-mit-news\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T17:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:25:08","slug":"the-philosophical-puzzle-of-rational-artificial-intelligence-mit-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/the-philosophical-puzzle-of-rational-artificial-intelligence-mit-news\/","title":{"rendered":"The philosophical puzzle of rational artificial intelligence | MIT News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2026\/philosophical-puzzle-rational-artificial-intelligence-0130\">The philosophical puzzle of rational artificial intelligence | MIT News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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