Gog, Magog, Trump and the Media
I have a friend from India who is an astute observer of global politics. When he expressed bewilderment over the…
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How to Better Minimize AI Risks While Maximizing Spectacular Benefits
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has tremendous potential societal benefits. How to apply it to realize those benefits is unclear. The…
Mad Men GPT: AI creative studios are drawing investors and consumer eyeballs
The Dor Brothers became popular with AI-generated music videos of Kamala Harris flipping the bird and President Donald Trump puffing…
North Dakota’s Revolutionary Bank Could Save People From the Rich
What if we could have banking without the rich? What do the rich possess that the non-rich don’t? Money! Lots…
Wiener the People and Independence Day
What should foreigners think of the July 4th Nathan’s hotdog-eating contest, especially this year? Joey Chestnut, the undisputed champion of…
Automated Warfare Is Risky and Really Motivated by Wealth
Venture capital and military startup firms in Silicon Valley have begun aggressively selling a version of automated warfare that will…
The New York Times Dismisses a President
Last week, Joe Biden, by being true to himself, finally convinced the pillars of the Democratic party that their champion…
New AI Is Fun, Attractive and Hazardous for Women
Before there was ChatGPT-4o, there was Scarlett Johansson. Spike Jonze’s 2013 film Her tells the story of Theodore Twombly (Joaquin…
In an Electric Vehicle Shakeout, Who Will Actually Stay Profitable?
The ongoing deceleration in demand for electric vehicles is an early warning signal of a shakeout in the nascent industry,…
AI’s Pathological Obsession with Apologizing
Most people suppose that the one thing AI can be counted on to get right consistently and never fail would…