Category: Science and Technology

The Dark Side of ChatGPT

March 08, 2023 Jeff Carlson Jeff Carlson is a co-host of “Truth Over News” on… The Dark Side of ChatGPT SHARE*         READ MORE See what Larry Elder had to say about us: “I rely on The Epoch Times newspaper for factual and unbiased news […]

ChatGPT, Please Take My Job!

AI Won’t Cause Permanent Unemployment—But It Will Disrupt Labor Markets for the Better Joseph Politano Mar 4 AI-Generated art by DALL-E 2 The last few months have been a whirlwind for commercially available artificial intelligence. Image generation programs like DALL-E 2 and Stable Diffusion have stolen headlines for […]

The creepy side of AI

February 23, 2023 Hello, Insiders. If there’s one thing tech billionaires are obsessed with, it’s the idea of immortality. They’re spending countless dollars in their quest: investing in companies trying to crack the code of living forever, turning to technology to have genetically superior kids, and attempting to […]

Why flying sucks

February 20, 2023 Hello, Insiders. I’m James Dean, deputy executive editor for business in the UK, filling in for Nicholas Carlson as the US observes Presidents Day. I’m old enough to have paid for a subscription to London’s Evening Standard before it dropped its cover price. Like many […]

The REAL Dangers of the Chatbot Takeover

The Corbett Report 4 hr ago by James Corbett corbettreport.com February 19, 2023 It’s official: the chatpocalypse is upon us! Just ask our <sarc>friends</sarc> over at The New York Times: “A Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled” Or consult the <sarc>experts</sarc> over at digitaltrends: “‘I want […]

AI is changing how people date

February 11, 2023 Hello, Insiders. A quick announcement if you missed it: We’re expanding this newsletter to Sundays. So tomorrow, you’ll hear directly from our business editor in chief Matt Turner, who’ll break down our biggest stories of the week. You know what else is coming this Sunday? […]

Down the Chatbot Rabbit Hole

View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 02.10.23 Hi, everyone. My theory of the Chinese spy blimp? It was literally a trial balloon, testing the possibility of beaming the internet from high-altitude, like the discontinued Alphabet Loon project. Watch for its return when the US […]

What’s happening in the metaverse?

The Signal What’s happening in the metaverse? Siva Vaidhyanathan on the stakes of Meta’s plans to finish what Facebook started. Jezael Melgoza The Reality Labs division of Meta Platforms, the multinational tech conglomerate formerly known as Facebook, lost US$4.3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022—bringing total losses […]

The Solar Power Problem(s)

by Peter Zeihan on February 6, 2023 For solar power to make sense, there’s one non-negotiable component…and yes, it’s that bright, shiny thing in the sky – the sun. But just because your planet has a sun doesn’t mean you should use solar power… The best examples are places […]

The DINKWAD trend taking over TikTok

February 4, 2023 Hello, Insiders! Welcome to our Saturday edition, filled with fascinating reads for your weekend. Today we’re introducing you to a new acronym taking TikTok by storm — DINKWAD — and hearing about a reporter’s year of renting her clothes. Plus, we’ve got one couple’s monthslong […]

Are We Tired of Science?

In today’s episode of the Telos Press Podcast, David Pan talks with Michael Hüther about his article “Tired of Science?! Notes on the Relationship between University and Society,” from Telos 200 (Fall 2022). An excerpt of the article appears here. In their conversation they discuss what has become problematic […]