A new wave of AI-powered chatbots and generative tools is enabling people to replace human interaction in relationships, music, and other social domains, fostering what critics call a "democratized so…
The current AI investment surge differs fundamentally from the late-1990s internet bubble because no one had to force-feed the web to workers. Unlike the internet era, when employees smuggled useful b…
The AI bubble differs fundamentally from the internet bubble because no one had to force-feed web tools to workers, who eagerly adopted them to bypass restrictive IT policies. In contrast, companies a…
Author and tech critic Cory Doctorow launched a Kickstarter campaign for his upcoming book, *The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI*, after Amazon’s audiobook platform refused to carry the DRM-f…
Billionaire and dictator solipsism drives the appeal of artificial intelligence, as powerful individuals increasingly view other people as statistical artifacts rather than co-equal human beings. The …
Former WorldCom CEO Bernie Ebbers was sentenced to prison for his role in a massive fraud that inflated billions of dollars in fiber optic orders, but the company's buried cables remain in use today, …
President Donald Trump's military conflict in Iran has triggered a global acceleration of "demand destruction," permanently reducing fossil fuel consumption as nations rapidly shift to solar power and…