Traffic is the great equalizer in America. Whether you’re a Wall Street executive in a Cybertruck or a broke college kid in a fading hand-me-down, you’re stuck watching the same sea of brake lights flicker like cruel Morse code spelling…
Many commentators are calling the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) case against Meta, which began on Monday, a “blockbuster” trial. Whilst testimony from Mark Zuckerberg and other tech honchos will undoubtedly capture the public imagination for a short while, the media…
There’s an old story that, sometime in the 1960s, NASA spent millions to create a pen that worked in space. American engineers worked for years on a high-tech marvel that could write in zero gravity. Facing the same problem, the…
As Republicans ride triumphantly into the 119th Congress, they confront a choice on technology policy: free markets and free speech, or heavy-handed, censorial technocracy. On most issues, the GOP ranks stand united against the sorts of overspending and central planning…
As Congress finishes its work for the 2024 calendar year, outgoing U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is racing to regulate algorithmic artificial intelligence (AI). Republicans are understandably wary. As House Speaker Mike Johnson put it, “We want to resist…
Near the climax of Terminator 2, war-weary mother Sarah Connor reflects on the robotic killing machine that has become her son’s protector. “It would never leave him,” she muses. Further explaining: And it would never hurt him, never shout at…
When journalists discuss the impact artificial intelligence will have on elections, they usually talk about the rise of “deepfake” videos and images. They express concern that gullible Americans will be fooled by AI-generated videos like the parody of a Kamala…
Nearly two years after the first release of ChatGPT, the big artificial intelligence updates have — for the moment — assumed a predictable cycle. Every six months or so, a new program number or name is announced, showcasing another impressive…
Pornography generated by artificial intelligence is a moral horror, and there is no clear solution in sight. There are more delicate ways of broaching that subject, but the conclusion seems unarguable. In mid-August, a theater employee in Florida was arrested…
