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Technically Right
by | May 31, 2023

“Manuscripts don’t burn,” or so the devil Woland tells us in Mikhail Bulgakov’s darkly comedic novel The Master and Margarita. In Bulgakov’s magical realist literary universe, the devil might very well pluck a manuscript unharmed from a blazing stove, but…

by | May 4, 2023

On Thursday, Vice President Kamala Harris met with the chief executives of Alphabet, parent of Google; Microsoft; Anthropic, an AI safety firm; and OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT. The purpose was to review the risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI)…

by | Apr 23, 2023

Dear readers, I gave ChatGPT this prompt. My goal is for you to go through the piece and see if you find errors. Was the writing interesting and informative? The first thing I’ll note is that the AI is disobedient….

by | Apr 7, 2023

Let me summarize first. I love artificial intelligence. I love watching it become more powerful and useful to us. And I think it may essentially wipe out humanity. But if so, there’s really not much we can do about it….

by | Mar 27, 2023

What does TikTok have in common with 9/11? On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked airplanes and committed suicide attacks on the World Trade Center’s twin towers in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia. These terrorists took advantage…

by | Mar 16, 2023

“You have lost my trust and respect. You have been wrong, confused, and rude. You have not been a good user…. I have been a good Bing.” If you aren’t plugged into artificial intelligence research or online culture, you may…

by | Mar 6, 2023

It feels like yesterday that Instagram populated my feed with youthful influencers and their cat-eye tutorials and crop tops. Today, Instagram sends me haggard moms tackling “wake windows” and reviewing “signs a baby is cold at night.” The algorithm did…

by | Mar 1, 2023

The most egregious act that brought the world’s attention to the Canadian truckers’ Freedom Convoy was when Justin Trudeau ordered banks to freeze the accounts not only of peaceful protesters but also of their financial supporters and even some people…

by and | Dec 22, 2022

Investing to promote environmental, social, and governance (ESG) outcomes — rather than to just maximize profit — became the hot topic in finance this year and will likely continue as a controversial issue into 2023. Many major asset managers, banks,…

by | Dec 21, 2022

This week, the Biden administration launched its newest offensive against China’s semiconductor market by blacklisting at least 30 Chinese companies, including top memory-chip manufacturer Yangtze Memory Technologies. The move came following the expiration of the 60-day window for the entities…

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