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Mon, September 25, 2023 | 01:39

There's no such thing as artificial intelligence

No one sells the future more masterfully than the tech industry. According to its proponents, we will all live in the “metaverse,” build our financial infrastructure on “web3” and power our lives with “artificial intelligence.” All three of these terms are mirages that have raked in billions of dollars, despite bite back by reality.

2023-03-29 16:20

TikTok CEO: Pay no attention to the people who sign my paycheck

TikTok's CEO is asking America to trust him to stand up to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Let's not.

2023-03-28 16:20

Who are you calling old? An expanding 'middle age' upends everything

I've been thinking about death lately. Turning 50 can do that to a person. I exercise regularly, drink water … all of that. But the reality is the life expectancy of a U.S. resident is 76, so most of my sand has run out. And I'm good with it - although that whole Cologuard at-home colon screening was weird.

2023-03-27 16:20

Our space junk problem just got a cheap solution

This month, a hunk of space junk hurtled toward the International Space Station, putting the safety of astronauts and their orbiting outpost at risk. Fortunately, the cosmic hazard was detected early and an emergency maneuver rocketed the $150 billion station out of harm's way. Such episodes, which burn gallons of valuable propellant, cost NASA and its partners an average $1 ...

2023-03-26 16:20

Americans are terrified of other Americans. How to stop the polarization

A few months ago, I knocked on the front door of a house in El Centro while searching for Republicans to interview for a story. An elderly white man opened the main door of the house but left the screen door closed. I struggled to see him through the screen door's mesh. I told him I was a journalist hoping to learn about his political views, and that I couldn't see him very w...

2023-03-23 17:00

Reopening Uber's challenge to California labor law is just the beginning

In a stunning decision Friday that departs from nearly 90 years of Supreme Court decisions, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has allowed a constitutional challenge to Assembly Bill 5, the 2019 California law meant to protect low-wage workers.

2023-03-23 16:20

Ukraine wants Russia prosecuted for war crimes. Why is the US stalling in its support?

Should the U.S. do everything it can to help hold Russia accountable for its atrocity crimes in Ukraine? As Russian bombs and soldiers wreak havoc on the country, you would think so. The New York Times, however, recently reported that the Pentagon is blocking U.S. efforts to hand over important evidence to the International Criminal Court, or ICC.

2023-03-22 16:20

Silicon Valley Bank's collapse may be a blessing in disguise

In the brief but spectacular collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, we may just have witnessed the best banking crisis ever. It might even have been useful.

2023-03-21 16:20

'Soft girl era' is sweeping social media, but the idea of a soft life for Black women isn't new

In the last several years there has been a growing conversation among Black women about what it means to live outside of the struggle of survival. A widespread intention to reclaim and recommit to what social media has coined as a “soft life.”

2023-03-20 16:20

AI is about to transform childhood. Are we ready?

With the introduction of GPT-4 and Claude, AI has taken another big step forward. GPT-4 is human-level or better at many hard tasks, a huge improvement over GPT-3.5, which was released only a few months ago. Yet amid the debate over these advances, there has been very little discussion of one of the most profound effects of AI large language models: how they will reshape chil...

2023-03-19 16:20

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