The AI revolution will devour Apple
The physical mobile phone seems to have stagnated. Take the next iPhone, which new Apple CEO John Ternus has just unveiled. Featuring a folding screen and incrementally improved processing, that…
How to save writing from AI
On Sunday, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang announced that artificial general intelligence — a computer that can cogitate like the human mind — is already here with OpenAI’s Astra model. If…
The next financial crash: a scenario
There are two mistakes you can make with predictions: claiming that something will happen when it won’t, or that it won’t happen when it will. The economist Paul Samuelson joked…
The Odyssey as AI allegory
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has returned Homer’s epic to the center of popular culture, a feat that must be welcomed. Many have asked me to review the film. I declined.…
How passwords stole my sanity
Many of us have been surprised when the removal of the wall of a house or office reveals a Jackson Pollock drip-painting of copper wires, fiber-optic cables, water pipes, and…
Meta glasses are for perverts
Kylie Jenner asks her brand-new Meta glasses what the weather is like in New York City. Another Kylie Jenner, from inside said glasses, responds: “It’s around 68 degrees … light…
In defense of data centers
Should the construction of new AI data centers be banned in the United States? The Democratic state legislature of New York thinks so: it has passed a law imposing a…