AI is not a neutral tool but an infrastructure of power that influences various aspects of human life.
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Let’s Build a Better Internet, Not a Higher Wall
Australia implemented a rule requiring platforms to prevent minors under 16 from having accounts, facing high fines.
Australia implemented a rule requiring platforms to prevent minors under 16 from having accounts, facing high fines.
Why Are We Still Regulating Teens Instead of Social Media?
The European Commission has been working on this issue for some time, and taking a much more sophisticated approach than a simple ban on under 16s.
The European Commission has been working on this issue for some time, and taking a much more sophisticated approach than a simple ban on under 16s.
Why Are We Worried About AI? The Political Problem Versus the Technological Problem
There’s a mounting contradiction at the heart of AI: the better it gets, the more we fear it.
There’s a mounting contradiction at the heart of AI: the better it gets, the more we fear it.
How Live Nation and Ticketmaster Have Built a Monopoly in Plain Sight and Will Continue Ripping Fans off for the Time Being
To tell this sorry tale properly, we need to go back to the beginning, because it’s about more than endless queuing and crashed websites.
To tell this sorry tale properly, we need to go back to the beginning, because it’s about more than endless queuing and crashed websites.
Here’s an Assignment We Can’t Avoid Any Longer: Reinventing Homework for an AI World
Generative AI exposes the flaws of traditional homework, as students can easily obtain solutions without learning.
Generative AI exposes the flaws of traditional homework, as students can easily obtain solutions without learning.
AI Isn’t Just Changing Work: It’s Rewriting Who Benefits
We’ve known all along that AI was going to transform the world of work.
We’ve known all along that AI was going to transform the world of work.
AI Is Creating the First Generation of Cognitively Outsourced Humans
For years, we have been outsourcing pieces of cognition so gradually that the shift barely registered.
For years, we have been outsourcing pieces of cognition so gradually that the shift barely registered.
Thinking Hurts, So Why Not Surrender to AI?
AI’s confident and seemingly authoritative responses can lead people to accept incorrect information and become more confident in their own incorrectness.
AI’s confident and seemingly authoritative responses can lead people to accept incorrect information and become more confident in their own incorrectness.
America Says It Wants Tech Independence. It Can’t Even Power Its Data Centers
The US goal of technological sovereignty is challenged by its reliance on China for essential electrical components needed for AI infrastructure.
The US goal of technological sovereignty is challenged by its reliance on China for essential electrical components needed for AI infrastructure.
The AI Industry Loves Token Inflation. Your Company Shouldn’t
Increased token consumption doesn’t necessarily equate to increased intelligence in AI systems.
Increased token consumption doesn’t necessarily equate to increased intelligence in AI systems.
You Can’t Outsmart This Speed Camera: It Doesn’t Care Where You Slow Down
Colorado launched a speed enforcement program that measures average speed over a distance instead of at a particular point.
Colorado launched a speed enforcement program that measures average speed over a distance instead of at a particular point.
Trump’s Silent Coup: No Tanks, Just a System Hack
Words matter. Hacking does not only mean manipulating a voting machine with a line of code.
Words matter. Hacking does not only mean manipulating a voting machine with a line of code.
AI Won’t Replace Strategy: It Will Expose It
AI’s effects are uneven and depend on factors like data flow, experimentation tolerance, and feedback loops.
AI’s effects are uneven and depend on factors like data flow, experimentation tolerance, and feedback loops.
Imagine… an AI That Belonged to Everyone
Public ownership of AI could ensure it serves the common good rather than the interests of a few private companies.
Public ownership of AI could ensure it serves the common good rather than the interests of a few private companies.
Most Financial Scams Don’t Hack Systems — They Hack People
Financial cybercrime in 2026 isn’t a hooded hacker typing furiously away in a darkened basement.
Financial cybercrime in 2026 isn’t a hooded hacker typing furiously away in a darkened basement.