Model collapse—the end of the road for AI
AI is developing the same problem as cousins who marry—and for the same reason.
AI will be the death of the internet
The future of the internet is a lifeless wasteland. But what comes after that could be wild.
Heading into the dark
This too shall pass.
Morality is a technology to build a better world
It’s not just material technologies that make our lives better. Civilization is also a collection of moral technologies.
How selecting for Harvard in utero could go sideways
As long as our culture equates wealth and success with human value, this practice is inevitable. But it could easily go wrong.
Glimpses of the solarpunk future
As William Gibson said, the future is already here. It's just not evenly distributed. We already possess technologies that could create a world that's more sustainable, prosperous and equitable than the world as it is today. What's holding us back is that those technologies
Good robots, bad robots, and the future of work
You say 'the robots will take our jobs' like it's a bad thing.
I still want to go to Mars, but not if Elon Musk punches the ticket
It's bad enough what Musk does on Earth. I don't want him controlling my oxygen supply.
Is the US headed for a cold civil war?
A majority of Americans fear that political violence is imminent. But it may not take quite the form we imagine.
Be an average citizen of the future, now
Why not get ahead of the curve?
The coming cleanup era
It's nice to imagine building a big, shiny future. But there's some un-sexy work to do first.
When we abolished borders
After a while, it was hard to remember why we'd drawn the lines to begin with.