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The Communication Revolution

Like the first iPhone, Gutenberg’s Bible opened up avenues of development that entrepreneurs have been exploiting ever since.

James Hannam

27 Sep 2023 · 10 min read

Artificially Intelligent Offense?

ChatGPT has been programmed to avoid giving accurate information if it may cause offense.

Lawrence M. Krauss

21 Feb 2023 · 11 min read

Why Environmentalists Pose a Bigger Obstacle to Effective Climate Policy than Denialists

In the recent Netflix smash hit Don’t Look Up, scientists try to warn the world about a comet hurtling towards Earth that is going to wipe out human civilization and possibly life itself. Except, no-one wants to hear the bad news: the US president is too busy with the

Maarten Boudry

27 Jan 2022 · 9 min read

Machine Learning, Deep Fakes, and the Threat of an Artificially Intelligent Hate-Bot

James D. Miller

4 Nov 2021 · 6 min read

A Contrarian View of Digital Health

John Mandrola

17 May 2019 · 5 min read

Down the Rabbit Hole of Political Intolerance in Silicon Valley

Blake J. Harris and Clay Routledge

12 Mar 2019 · 9 min read

We Can Put an End to State Bidding Wars

Amazon would still have paid tax revenue, and, more likely than not, other tech startups would have followed, growing the taxable population even further.

Christopher Sabaitis

23 Feb 2019 · 6 min read

Deepfakes and the Threat to Privacy and Truth

In an age of heated polarization of it will be difficult for politicians to convince their opponents that damaging videos are in fact deepfakes.

Ben Sixsmith

23 Feb 2019 · 5 min read

What’s Happening to Technological Progress?

We’re blinded by incremental progress in electronic gadgets of marginal utility—new smartphones, larger monitors, and more powerful computers.

Hans Peter Dietz

21 Feb 2019 · 9 min read

Understanding China's Confucian Edge in the Global AI Race

China now stands poised to lead the world in the development of artificial-intelligence technologies, which rely, for their machine-learning algorithms.

Craig Smith

14 Feb 2019 · 5 min read

Video Games and the (Male) Meaning of Life

Research indicated that improved technological entertainment options, primarily video games, are responsible for between 20 and 33 percent of reduced work hours.

Andrew Yang

14 Dec 2018 · 9 min read