Tech critics are more sophisticated than ever. They’re still wrong.
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Donald Trump Isn’t the Only Chaos Agent
He’s not even the biggest one. Monumental change will instead come from tech—from AI.
AI Will Understand Humans Better Than Humans Do
Or so says a controversial Stanford researcher, who finds that the latest systems have, against all odds, mastered a high-level cognitive skill.
A High-Profile Geneticist Is Launching a Fusion-Power Moonshot
Silicon Valley A-listers are funding Pacific Fusion, a startup that founding CEO Eric Lander says will have a full-scale demonstration system within a decade.
You Can Now See the Code That Helped End Apartheid
John Graham-Cumming, who happens to be Cloudflare’s CTO, cracked a 30-year-old encrypted file that had a role in rewriting South Africa’s history.
Social Media Tells You Who You Are. What if It’s Totally Wrong?
Pinterest and Threads seem convinced I’m in my 60s or going through menopause. Spend enough time in the bizarro worlds of these feeds, and you can start to believe anything.
No, Sam Altman, AI Won’t Solve All of Humanity’s Problems
The OpenAI CEO’s recent mini-manifesto argues (again) that AI will make the future impossibly bright. He could use a refresher course on the basics of human behavior.
Want to Get Into Founder Mode? You Should Be So Lucky
Paul Graham’s viral essay explains why Brian Chesky and Steve Jobs ruled and professional managers stink. But if a manager is smart and the founder is meh, who’s better?
The Godmother of AI Wants Everyone to Be a World Builder
Stanford computer scientist Fei-Fei Li is unveiling a startup that aims to teach AI systems deep knowledge of physical reality. Investors are throwing money at it.
The NSA Has a Podcast—Here’s How to Decode It
The spy agency that dared not speak its name is now the Joe Rogan of the SIGINT set. And the pod’s actually worth a listen.