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When work disappears, what comes next?
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The SPORE Threshold
Have we reached the point where self-improving machines that spread from star to star are no longer pure science fiction?
Grid Gentrification
The problem with AI data center power demands is not the amount, it is the location.
The Real Reason to Put Servers in Orbit
It is about building launch capacity and building the road to space.
The Next Stage of the AI Job Takeover
Why credit defaults among the safest borrowers may be one of the signs that AI is already moving beyond entry-level jobs.
Academic freedom cannot shield universities from political oversight
US administrators will destroy academic freedom if they cite it to maintain autonomy over admissions and hiring.
Can something be literally impossible to understand?
Not just hard or complex, but utterly beyond comprehension.
The Westworld Blunder
Why AI should not suffer, even if it acts like it does.
Accusatory AI: How a Widespread Misuse of AI Technology Is Harming Students
What should be done when an AI accuses a student of misconduct by using AI?
An Illusion of Life
Could existing AI possibly be sentient? If not, what is missing?
Fair Use or Foul Theft? Copyright and AI Training
Does the use of society's resources come with an enforceable obligation to give back to society?
Student loans and irresponsible spending
Students are borrowing money to pay for college. Are university administrators spending their students borrowed money responsibly?
Artificial Intelligence and the future of work and living
Navigating between utopian dreams and dystopian fears.
What does Machine Learning tell us about evolution and creation?
Modern AI techniques shed new light on old arguments.
The Rick and Morty Every-Universe Fallacy
If anything can happen, would that imply that everything does happen?
The Matrix Revisited: Challenging Morpheus's Red-Pill narrative
What if the tyrannical machines were actually benevolent protectors of humanity?
The End of Required Work: Universal Basic Income and AI-Driven Prosperity
How a tax on AI work might let everyone share the imminent bounty from AI automation.
Controlling what you don't understand
How do we control AI systems after they have evolved beyond human understanding?
Preparing for "uncomprehendable" AI
Today, we control our machines, but the reverse seems increasingly inevitable.
Life at radically different time scales
Intelligent life might plausibly function at time scales massively longer or incredibly shorter than our own.