Technology

2024: The end of the End of History

A review of major trends as we stumble toward 2025

Dec 29 •

Is true art dead in the world of algorithms and AI?

A master of the streaming music universe suggests that maybe not

Jul 26 •

A glimmer of hope for humans in journalism

A key new study shows that audience seems to appreciate connect-the-dots journalism

Jun 21 •

Should we tax AI?

Consider unemployment for yourself, your family, your friends and everyone you ever met, with the exception of one computer scientist overseeing the AI

Jun 13 •

AI's Next Terrifying Leap: Verification

Your job is safe because AI makes mistakes. For how long?

Apr 7 •

Can we avoid the AIpocalypse? Ask ChatGPT

“Then man made the machine in his own likeness. Thus man became the architect of his own demise.”—The Animatrix, dystopian 2003 film.

May 22, 2023 •

Perhaps humanity is artificial?

Since computers cannot be humans—maybe the convergence suggests that humans are actually nothing more than biological computers

Feb 2, 2023 •

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