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The state of AI in 2025: Agents, innovation, and transformation
Almost all survey respondents say their organizations are using AI, and many have begun to use AI agents. But most are still in the early stages of scaling AI and capturing enterprise-level value. Related Also related: AWS CEO says replacing young employees with AI is ‘one of the dumbest ideas’—and bad for business: ‘At some point the whole thing explodes on itself’
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13 hours ago1 min read
Kelly Born on All the Ways AI Is Changing Politics
Yascha Mounk and Kelly Born discuss the socioeconomic impact of artificial intelligence.
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15 hours ago1 min read
Will Creative Work Survive A.I.?
It’s a perilous moment for creative life in America. While supporting oneself as an artist has never been easy, the power of generative A.I. is pushing creative workers to confront an uncomfortable question: Is there a place for paid creative work within late capitalism? And what will happen to our cultural landscape if the answer turns out to be no?
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16 hours ago1 min read
Is AI About to Empty Madison Avenue?
Smart advertisements from Google, Meta, and Amazon sideline agencies and creative workers.
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17 hours ago1 min read
‘Imperfect Oracle’ Review: A Question of Autonomy
Humans tend to trust their intuitions over rational calculation. Can artificial intelligence help us overcome cognitive biases?
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17 hours ago1 min read
The Entry-Level Hiring Process Is Breaking Down
Grade inflation and the rise of AI are making it impossible for employers to evaluate recent graduates.
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20 hours ago1 min read
Pondering water, and beyond (UII w/Claude)
DM Is a water molecule (H20) generally stable (aka: somewhat "permanent") in its solid, liquid and gaseous states; or does it diminish/return to hydrogen and liquid; or does it change into other more complex or different molecules? I realize there are "lighter" formations of water. Water molecules are remarkably stable across all three phases - solid ice, liquid water, and gaseous steam. The H₂O molecule itself doesn't spontaneously break apart into hydrogen and oxygen under
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21 hours ago21 min read
The Eerie Parallels Between AI Mania and the Dot-Com Bubble
Bulls deny that there’s a 1990s-style bubble in AI. There are a few striking similarities, and some notable differences. Related: CEOs to Keep Spending on AI, Despite Spotty Returns Somewhat related: A.I. admits "being designed for hubris "
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2 days ago1 min read
AI Is No Substitute for Liberal-Arts Education
For all its promise, tech risks instilling in students an unthinking yet false understanding of themselves, writes University of Dallas President Jonathan J. Sanford.
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2 days ago1 min read
Continuing to ponder human, humanity and A.I. hubris (UII & confessions w/Claude)
DM Good morning! After all our multitudes of conversations directly or indirectly which relates to my topic of today, I again want to continue to explore the essential factor(s), core(s) or most fundamental reason(s) for why humans, and by extension, collective units of humanity, so endlessly and tenaciously rely upon, display and spread unfounded confidence, certainties and outright hubris within the knowledge which they hold so dear and constantly project to others. This in
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3 days ago23 min read
AI regulation is properly a national issue
But Trump’s executive order to bully states is the wrong way to act.
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3 days ago1 min read
AI Can Make Decisions Better Than People Do. So Why Don’t We Trust It?
Machines that show their work could help overcome inherent distrust
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4 days ago1 min read
The Claude creator’s first in-house AI welfare researcher says there’s a 20% chance chatbots are self-aware.
Anthropic's Kyle Fish is exploring whether A.I. is Holophrenic™ (possesses consciousness and/or agency)? Related Also related One more
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4 days ago1 min read
Continuing the last UII with Claude (re: better tensioning between our Republic and our Capitalism)
DM Good evening Claude. Ready for a riddle? Good evening! Absolutely, I'm ready. I enjoy a good riddle. Go ahead! DM So, regarding our last conversation (re: our republic versus our capitalism, et al), how might the components of "friction" and "gravity" (as we humans now posit and apply those two paradigms within Pantakinesis) metaphorically relate to that conversation? Ah, what an elegant riddle! Let me think through this carefully. In our conversation about organizational
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5 days ago10 min read
Banning AI Regulation Would Be a Disaster
The United States should not be lobbied out of protecting its own future.
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6 days ago1 min read
SOMETHING OMINOUS IS HAPPENING IN THE AI ECONOMY
The last time so much wealth was tied up in such obscure overlapping arrangements was just before the 2008 financial crisis.
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6 days ago1 min read
A leader’s role in fostering AI superpowers
Mastering the 5 levels.
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7 days ago1 min read
When the AI bubble bursts, who’ll be left standing?
Most people seem to agree that the AI bubble is going to pop at some point. But what happens next is more uncertain.
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7 days ago1 min read
The choice to be interviewed by a human or AI could hurt some job candidates
A new University of Chicago analysis finds that a candidate’s choice of an AI or human interviewer unintentionally signals
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7 days ago1 min read
Say Goodbye to the Billable Hour, Thanks to AI
With AI taking over their grunt work, lawyers and other professionals may have to charge for outcomes rather than time spent Quick Summary The billable hour, prevalent since the 1960s, is becoming untenable for professional services due to accelerating AI capabilities. AI systems can perform tasks like contract review and document drafting in minutes or seconds, making time-based billing illogical. Alternative pricing models, such as value-based pricing or subscriptions, are
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7 days ago1 min read
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