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AI: Between Two Monsters
Anthropic’s CEO wants the AI industry to slow down for humanity’s sake. His own argument explains why that’s nearly impossible.
As AI Gets Smarter, Humans Get Dumber
Test scores are falling, and a big part of the reason is that kids are addicted to their phones and outsourcing their brains to AI.
Will AI ‘Kill Us All’?
Stark warnings from former employees at a Big Tech AI company feed the growing anxiety among Americans.
Sanders Wants to Criminalize AI
The socialist senator naturally sees the burgeoning AI industry as a convenient excuse to call for greater government control over it.
America Needs More Data Centers, Not Fewer
There is a major difference between demanding responsible development and stopping data-center construction altogether.
AI Is a Tool, Not a Solution
Schools are increasingly wrestling with effective policies to handle the radical technological innovation of artificial intelligence.
A Texas-Sized Data Center Divide
Public opposition to data centers is growing, and even Texas Republicans are adjusting their positions and policies.
To Flock or Not to Flock
The automatic license plate reader cameras made by Flock seem like they’re here to stay, so who gets to have their data?
Who’s Afraid of Data Centers?
Big Tech companies are scrambling to overcome opposition to data centers, much of which seems engineered by the media and foreign adversaries.
Why The Babylon Bee Sued New Mexico
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing technology, and one legal battle that bears watching deals with AI images intended for humor and satire.
Zuckerberg’s Bet: Open Source AI as a Check on Big Tech Power
Mark Zuckerberg’s new AI manifesto warns against concentrated power and centralized control. It’s a striking argument from the man who built Facebook.
Flock Cameras and a Person of Interest
Technology has dual uses. How that comports with individual rights is a question without a definitive answer — so far.
The Perils of AI in the Courtroom
An algorithm can draft your verdict in seconds. It just can’t be held responsible for it.
The Misplaced Hype Over Data Centers
“The massive campaign to slow down or stop the building of data centers ... is built on a stack of lies and funded primarily by China.”
What Are Flock Cameras, and Why Do People Hate Them?
The automated data-scanning and -collecting cameras are popping up all over the country. Vandalism has brought the issue to the forefront.
Could ‘Anti-AI’ Be the Next Winning Political Message?
Given increasing unease among millions of Americans, the first political party that says “slow this down” may own the next election.
Who Needs Birth Control When You Have a Smartphone?
The siren call of artificiality is a major contributor to America’s fertility rate decline. It’s time to start living for something greater than ourselves.
What Are We Doing to Our Kids?
Children need to go outside and touch grass, skin their knees, and explore the world, but we have them locked into screens for education and playtime.
Can a Machine Fight a Just War?
For centuries, philosophers have debated when war can be justified. Artificial intelligence is forcing a harder question: whether moral judgment can be automated.
Invisible Steering: AI, Public Opinion, and Free Speech
The most powerful censorship tool ever built doesn’t look like censorship at all because AI results bake in the political bias.