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What 370,000 College Essays Tell Us About A.I.’s Effects on Creativity
I’ve recently drawn a sharp line in the sand: no A.I. for writing. I’m not talking about expense reports or routine emails. I mean actual writing, and the creative brainstorming that precedes it to explore different perspectives or develop novel insights. Excerpt: "Increasingly, many people I talk to — from students to teachers to peers — tell me that they think it’s OK to use A.I. chatbots for brainstorming as long as they do the “real work” of writing. But this misunderstan
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THE BOEING 747 BEGINS ITS FINAL DESCENT
The jet was perhaps the pinnacle of American engineering excellence. Its retirement signals an end to an era of American culture. (—and ambition?)
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8 hours ago1 min read
Three Ways to Think About AI and Jobs
Whether automation will make human workers obsolete depends on more than just how smart the AI is.
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A hidden growth barrier for industrial manufacturers? Their workforce
New PwC research shows that some companies may have tech ambitions that are outpacing their internal capabilities. More related
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How long until AI doesn’t need humans?
She thinks it's nearly imminent. He doesn't.
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2 days ago1 min read
A University System Went All In on A.I. Now It’s Tearing Itself Apart.
California’s public universities spent $16.9 million on A.I. during a financial crisis, and the result has been chaos.
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4 days ago1 min read
People love working from home. But does it love them back?
A new study says no The Study Related More related
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Real-Time Satellite Intelligence Is Making Ukraine’s Drone Strikes Deadlier Than Ever
Commercial satellite imagery sent straight to soldiers’ phones is speeding up the kill chain and causing new problems for Russian forces
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Silicon Valley Is Bracing for a Permanent Underclass
Most people I know in the A.I. industry think the median person is screwed, and they have no idea what to do about it.
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5 days ago1 min read
We’re Preparing for the Wrong AI Labor Crisis
Mass unemployment is unlikely. AI will reorganize the white-collar corporate workforce, not destroy it.
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It’s Only a $13 Billion Aircraft Carrier, Why Would We Expect the Toilets to Work?
Call us crazy, but "a single loose valve can cause all toilets to fail" seems like a pretty significant design bug.
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7 days ago1 min read
‘Lightning Beneath the Sea’ Review: The Path of the Copper Wire
Cyrus Field failed repeatedly before building a reliable telegraph link across the North Atlantic. His perseverance revolutionized global communication.
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Jun 51 min read
Thanks largely to robots, Ukraine is now talking about winning, not just surviving
Uncrewed and autonomous systems—and the willingness to adapt to them—have neutered Russian advantages.
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Jun 41 min read
Mark Zuckerberg Wants Meta’s New AI Agents to Run Your Whole Business
New agent is part of company’s effort to broaden beyond its core consumer business as it spends aggressively on AI Related
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Jun 41 min read
"NO, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS NOT CONSCIOUS" (...along with commentary via UII w/Claude)
Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning. DM Good day to you. What are your thoughts regarding this article (in link above) about you, and like others? I seek a complete, open and comprehensive thinking. Let me give you the real thing, Danny. It's a good essay. Chiang is a careful writer, and several of his moves land. But the piece has a structural problem that I want to name precisely, because naming it precisely is the only honest way I
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Jun 418 min read
Why Reading Is Now Restless
AI has already changed writing. Now the technology is changing what it means to read.
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NASA Buys Two Cars, ... for Its Astronauts to Drive on the Moon
The contracts, announced on Tuesday, are part of the space agency’s efforts to establish a moon base.
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Jun 21 min read
FedEx Freight CEO Says Self-Driving Trucks Are Ready for Prime Time
After two years of testing, ‘the technology is there,’ says CEO John Smith. Now the ball is in the regulators’ court.
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Jun 21 min read
OpenAI Sued by Florida’s Attorney General Over AI Harms
Suit alleging ChatGPT is an unsafe product follows criminal investigation over its role in campus mass shooting
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Jun 11 min read
The AI Boom Has Entered Its 'Wait, Is This Worth It?' Era
The great AI cost panic of 2026 is upon us
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