How Our Obsession With Parking Fuels the Climate Crisis
In his new book, journalist Henry Grabar reimagines the urban streetscape.
Tech + Society
TikTok: Weapon of Destruction or Distraction
It’s time to consider that at its heart TikTok is a cultural tool of war attempting to lower the collective IQ of a new generation of American youth.
Can We Love a Trillion Robots?
There will be far more smart software than we can quite literally imagine. Are we ready for “the Sorceror’s AI”?
ChatGPT is the Deepfake of Thought
With the birth of generative AI, we can now interact with thoughts and ideas not formed by people. But what does this mean for social health?
Happy 75th Anniversary, Transistor. You’ve Changed Everything – Including How We Innovate.
December 16 is the 75th anniversary of the transistor, and we are all implicitly celebrating it by being unable to live without it.
Interviewing ChatGPT On What’s Next For Human Work
I asked ChatGPT about its potential threats to jobs and how humans can compete with AI generated content. It provided telling insights and some good advice. Note: All dialogue verbatim.
ChatGPT Makes Your Head Spin, But At Least Explains Why
Few tech developments ever have had the sudden impact of the ChatGPT generative artificial intelligence chat software, released last week. For many, using it had the quality of experiencing a transition into a new era...
My Epiphanies at a Climate Innovation Breakfast
As the internet industry implodes, a session helped me realize that a newly-forming climate industry will replace it. Climate tech and climate-conscious companies will become the leading force in business and markets, a new force...
Biden Proclaims AI Bill of Rights (Kinda/Sorta)
As AI assumes more and more previously human tasks, ethicists, futurists, and legal minds are getting apoplectic, scurrying to get out ahead of the issues.