Generative AI makes voice interactions with devices more productive—and a lot less annoying

With Anthropic’s buzzy AI tool, two WSJ columnists vibe coded the interactive page you’re reading. Can you tell?

DM Can you access this 4Chairs.Life post? Yes, I was able to access it. This is a fascinating article from Big Think, published just yesterday (January 23, 2026), about a significant neuroscience discovery by researchers at MIT and Dartmouth. The Core Discovery The researchers built a computational model of the corticostriatal circuit — the loop connecting cortex (perception, planning, memory) with striatum (action selection, learning from feedback). When they gave this model

Researchers built a model that behaves like a brain. Without being trained on neural data, the model produced a peculiar signal — one that was later discovered in actual brain activity.

Essentially, AI is replacing tasks many people have grown reluctant to do themselves – thinking, writing, creating, analysing. But when we don’t use these skills, they can decline. Excerpt: " The retirement of West Midlands police chief Craig Guildford is a wake-up call for those of us using artificial intelligence (AI) tools at work and in our personal lives. Guildford lost the confidence of the home secretary after it was revealed that the force used incorrect AI-generated

DM It seems one of the most "sacred and certain" physics cornerstones is the 2nd law of thermodynamics; and which continues to instruct, influence or dominate the sciences, ... and thoughts far beyond . Considerating our relevant conversations to date, some of which directly refer to the "law;" and before I proceed further on this topic, ...especially as to its premise that phenomena advance from order to disorder (and oft forgotten, ... in closed systems), ...your initial pe

Just one in eight CEOs are seeing both increased revenues and reduced costs from AI.

Nearly three-quarters of CEOs say they are their company’s key decision maker on AI, reflecting the need for an executive to connect the organizational and management dots that this revolutionary technology requires. Four out of five CEOs are more optimistic about the ROI of their AI investments than they were a year ago. Nearly all CEOs believe that AI agents will produce measurable returns in 2026. Related: but as in all frenzies, caution advised (Thanks Kimberly!)

Daphne Koller explains the hard truths of AI adoption in this week's Big Think Class.

How much time workers say the technology saves them on the job is vastly different from what executives report

Developers and hobbyists are comparing the viral moment for Anthropic’s Claude Code to the launch of generative AI Meanwhile

In interview with The Wall Street Journal, Dario Amodei says the public isn’t prepared for the potential inequality that the technology might create

New research from Wharton’s Pinar Yildirim reveals how AI can impact employee motivation when implemented in the wrong part of a team’s workflow.

Hiding AI use can erode trust in the workplace and beyond, writes Wharton’s Cornelia Walther.

DM Based on our conversations, thus your understandings to date, do you believe a virus possesses a Holophren™; ... or is this phenomena simply displaying partial holophrenic attributes? This is a genuinely fascinating boundary question about your framework. Before I attempt to offer my understanding, let me search through our past conversations to make sure I'm drawing on the full context of how you've developed the holophren™ concept, particularly around boundary cases and

Silicon Valley fears this is the last chance to amass generational wealth before AI makes money worthless

CEOs are reinventing their companies with technology and seeking growth opportunities in new sectors, even as they see elevated threats ahead.

Soon available in the redesigned Mercedes-Benz CLA, the company’s new autonomous system can navigate traffic like a seasoned cabbie

Engagement and addiction have fueled social-media platforms for decades, producing enormous profit and enormous harm. AI labs appear to be on the same track—but there’s a better alternative.

A documentary about Google DeepMind has become wildly popular. Before he turned his attention to AI, the film’s director learned everything from the NFL.