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?

Smart advertisements from Google, Meta, and Amazon sideline agencies and creative workers.

Humans tend to trust their intuitions over rational calculation. Can artificial intelligence help us overcome cognitive biases?

Grade inflation and the rise of AI are making it impossible for employers to evaluate recent graduates.

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

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 "

For all its promise, tech risks instilling in students an unthinking yet false understanding of themselves, writes University of Dallas President Jonathan J. Sanford.

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

But Trump’s executive order to bully states is the wrong way to act.

Machines that show their work could help overcome inherent distrust

Anthropic's Kyle Fish is exploring whether A.I. is Holophrenic™ (possesses consciousness and/or agency)? Related Also related One more

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

The United States should not be lobbied out of protecting its own future.

The last time so much wealth was tied up in such obscure overlapping arrangements was just before the 2008 financial crisis.

Mastering the 5 levels.

Most people seem to agree that the AI bubble is going to pop at some point. But what happens next is more uncertain.

A new University of Chicago analysis finds that a candidate’s choice of an AI or human interviewer unintentionally signals

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

An engineer for New York Times Games has been trying to teach artificial intelligence to understand wordplay more like a human.

Wall Street’s buzzword for investors was known as “round-tripping” during the dot-com years.