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Training Robots In My Apartment
Two college kids showed up with Clorox, and cameras on their heads—and filmed themselves cleaning. The footage will train robots. I feel awkward about…
Suzy Weiss
A Manufacturing Revolution Is Happening—in Space
Drugs. Fiberoptic cables. Data centers. Thanks to SpaceX, it’s a boom time for manufacturing goods in space.
Sean Fischer
Tyler Cowen: AI Isn’t Conscious. Neither Are We.
To understand artificial intelligence, we need to be honest with ourselves: We don’t control—or perceive—very much of what we do.
Tyler Cowen
I Built an AI Company. Here’s Why AI Won’t Kill Coding Jobs.
Throughout history, every time a tool made a job easier, we didn’t run out of things to do. We found bigger things to do.
Hoan Ton-That
Can Intel Save America?
Semiconductors are the most consequential product of the modern world. If Intel can start making chips as advanced as the Taiwanese do, it could help…
Patrick McGee
Tyler Cowen: Seven Ways to Avoid Losing Your Job to AI
Go into the office, embrace ‘messy jobs,’ and other dos and don’ts for the future workplace.
Tyler Cowen
When Steve Jobs Grew Up
The man I met in 1986 was a brat and a bully who didn’t know how to run a business. He failed—and learned to become a great leader.
Joe Nocera
Did AI Write This Prize-Winning Story?
Jamir Nazir’s short story was awarded the prestigious Commonwealth Prize. Days later, he was accused of using AI to write it.
Novi Zhukovsky
I Tried to Fall in Love with an AI Chatbot
I thought flirting with an AI chatbot would feel ridiculous. Instead, I found myself pulled into a relationship I knew wasn’t real.
Joanna Stern
This Company Was an American Success Story. Until MAHA Influencers Sank It.
All it took was two Facebook posts to turn an online mob against Apeel Sciences and its booming business of keeping food fresh longer.
Laurie P. Cohen
Trust the Markets, Not the Headlines
Despite the Iran war, economic fundamentals justify a rising market.
Tyler Cowen
The Dark Side of Living on the Moon? It Might Be the Other People.
Feuds, schisms, cliques, snubbing, bullying, and rage are harder to predict than space radiation and dust.
Faye Flam
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