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Evil is easy to identify and fight against; not so with stupidity.

It’s high time owners learned to speak their dog’s language.

His $1 million ARC Prize competition is designed to put us on the right path.

It’s far less likely to wander into bizarre lies, emotional rants, and manipulative tangents.

These studies are only the tip of the iceberg, with adverse consequence of the time change ranging from student test scores to stock market returns.

Should social media platforms have the right to decide what speech to allow online? Should the government?

How will we actually feel when the things we do with care are suddenly dealt with in seconds by AI? Here’s a preliminary plan.

Nobody knows where the word “penguin” comes from.

Lonely humans will become infatuated with AI-fabricated personas.

Nobody actually knows what will come of AI. But we can console ourselves with the knowledge that nobody has ever really known anything about the future.

Televising the coronation was thought to be an affront to the dignity of the event.

This map samples some of the digits that make up the DDC system, invented by the brilliant but flawed Melvil Dewey.

Robots must identify themselves.

AI can deliver a more equitable and prosperous future — if accompanied by ethical and responsible stewardship.

Eric Olson — CEO and co-founder of Consensus — takes his cues from the university of legendary coaches.

The reported supremacy of generative AI over human brain-power in business ideation depends on how you define “better.”

“Of course, the spleen is the biggest organ in the body.”

The “money taboo” is not a single taboo, but rather an amalgamation of several smaller taboos tied to gender and socioeconomic class.

A deep dive into missing data and the limitations of disaster databases.

Someone breaks into a mailbox that stores letters waiting to be sent and grabs some of them in hopes they’ll contain a check that’s been filled in. That’s just the start.

The phenomenon of “digital dementia” might not be real after all.

We may have discovered alien life already but rejected the evidence too quickly because it seemed false at first glance.

Can ChatGPT help you power through writer’s block?

From “The Castle of Otranto” to “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, these books changed the literary landscape.

Each year, over half a million migrants cross the deadly jungle separating Colombia from Panama in search of a better life in the United States.

Just like with AI, people worried about job security and the spread of disinformation. Machines were destroyed and book merchants were chased out of town.

What we call “basic research” is actually the most cutting-edge. It underpins knowledge, and without it, technology does not come into being.

Many Americans aren’t rejecting spirituality, just practicing it differently.

Technology usually has more pros than cons, but every benefit still carries some risk.

The AI test can be done every night at home while the person is asleep, without even touching their body.