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?

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

Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found.

For half a decade we’ve been worrying that ideas are getting harder to find. In fact, they might just be harder to sell. Excerpt : "However if ideas remain as discoverable as ever, but their economic impact is fading, then we need to look downstream from the laboratory. The decline in allocative efficiency should be more of a main focus — we need to throw more of our intellectual capital at understanding how to increase competitiveness and the market potential for innovative

There will be, no doubt, many occupations that we can’t even imagine today. But here are four that seem possible.

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.

More Americans have jobs that didn’t exist a generation ago, and even well-known professions are changing

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History shows that progress often depends on activists at both ends of the spectrum. More from " The Engine of Progress" ... Exploring the people and ideas driving humanity forward.

Politicians and CEOs are muting their climate alarms. The good news is, emissions are likely to decline anyway.

A potent new fusion of old-style human spycraft with cutting-edge technology is having a big impact on high-stakes conflicts.

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

“Until very recently, I thought I would die with the same genome that I was born with.”

Short-form video is taking over everything (including reading).

Systemic issues with American military provisioning

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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.