AI spending now accounts for about one-third of US economic growth, with the data-center buildout rising faster than home construction during the mid-2000s boom, according to Apollo chief economist To…
A new analysis by Nate Silver and surveys from the Democratic Socialists of America show that the median age of DSA members fell from 68 in 2013 to 33 by 2017, with Americans born after 1980 surging f…
In the last two weeks, AI capabilities have surged while economic and political support has weakened, with Alphabet's free cash flow turning negative for the first time, Meta's stock plunging nearly 1…
Deena Mousa, a program officer at Coefficient Giving, argues in a guest article that curing all diseases in our lifetime requires not only AI superintelligence but also ingenious government policy to …
Historian Richard White compares the AI boom to the 19th-century railroad expansion, warning that AI could reshape the economy, work, and politics as profoundly as railroads did, with similar risks of…
Matt Rosenberg left Amazon in 2025 and, with the help of ChatGPT, opened a home kitchen restaurant called Bangkok Rush Thai Kitchen. AI tools helped him build a website, manage compliance, and analyze…