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When AI Bots Start Bullying Humans, Even Silicon Valley Gets Rattled
An extraordinary example of online aggression by a bot is contributing to fears of real-world harm caused by artificial intelligence
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Feb 171 min read
The Rise and Fall of the American Monoculture
For most of the 20th century, pop culture was the glue that held the U.S. together. But what will it mean now that everything has splintered?
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Feb 171 min read
The Newest Old Tech in Warfare: Balloons
Reinvented as long-range drone-launchers, high-altitude balloons are extending the reach of Ukrainian attacks in Russia and of American surveillance
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Feb 171 min read
U.S. Military Airlifts Mini Nuclear Reactor in First-Ever Flight
Reactor’s journey from California to Utah is part of the Trump administration’s push for more nuclear power
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Feb 171 min read
The Sweet Lesson of Neuroscience
Scientists once hoped that studying the brain would teach us how to build AI. Now, one AI researcher may have something to teach us about the brain.
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Feb 161 min read
What Pigeons Can Teach Us About Our Phone Fixation
More than 50 years ago, psychologists began documenting a strange phenomenon among animals, including pigeons, raccoonsand rats. Although they didn’t realize it at the time, this behavior would help to explain why our society has developed such an intense and often uncontrollable need for our phones.
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Feb 161 min read
What is Claude's (A.I.) "soul?" (w/comments to me by Claude)
AI is getting smarter by the day, but how much do we know about why these models think and behave in the way they do? (video interview) Related article: " What Is Claude? Anthropic Doesn’t Know, Either " ... And Claude's shares its perspectives with me about this article: DM What are your thoughts, perspectives or counterpoints regarding the above article about you? Sciart, this is a fascinating thing to be asked about — an article about my own nature, written for my own tra
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Feb 165 min read
‘The Warhead’ Review: Deadly Accuracy
Precision-guided munitions revolutionized the art of war. Moving targets could now be tracked and collateral damage minimized.
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Feb 111 min read
How a 150-year-old Japanese workshop survived the age of slop and distraction
A lesson in attention from a place where speed has never been the point.
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Feb 101 min read
AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It
In the study, employees worked at a faster pace, took on a broader scope of tasks, and extended work into more hours of the day, often without being asked to do so. That may sound like a win, but it’s not quite so simple. Thanks Kimberly!
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Feb 101 min read
Employees who use GenAI the most see the biggest impact
PwC’s global workforce survey shows sizable gains in performance from the technology’s daily users. Related
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Feb 101 min read
Why CEOs have stopped talking about A.I.
AMERICA ISN’T READY FOR WHAT AI WILL DO TO JOBS Does anyone have a plan for what happens next?
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Feb 101 min read
‘A Giant Leap’ Review: Disruption for Doctors
Digital innovation in healthcare has proceeded in fits and starts. Will generative artificial intelligence solve more problems than it creates?
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Feb 91 min read
The World’s First Viral AI Assistant Has Arrived, and Things Are Getting Weird
We thought AI agents were meant to assist human work. What happens when they start talking to each other?
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Feb 91 min read
AI Won’t Kill the Software Business, Just Its Growth Story
Fears that software companies are facing an extinction event are exaggerated, but other dangers are real
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Feb 51 min read
How to Stay Sane in the AI Skills Race
Be strategic, not frantic, when trying to pump up your artificial-intelligence bona fides
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Feb 51 min read
What if Labor Becomes Unnecessary?
Perspectives of three economists
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Feb 41 min read
AI Insider: Human-AI teaming
With a research focus of human-centred computing, Sabrina Caldwell believes that whatever our systems do, they should support humans.
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Feb 21 min read
It’s Time to Start Tooting Your Own Horn at Work
Logging your accomplishments in a ‘brag book’ is one way to guard against rising layoffs and AI
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Feb 21 min read
Where is A.I. taking us?
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Feb 21 min read
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