Homelessness is Not a Modern Invention
Walk through almost any American city and the tents, shopping carts, and people asleep in doorways look like a failure…
Six Great Things Baby Boomers Did Without Email
I recently came across a Gen Z post on X expressing genuine amazement at a strange feature of the Baby…
It’s a Wonderful Time to Be Alive
It is a wonderful time to be alive. Not in some abstract, footnote-laden way. In the way you notice when…
Should AI Have the Right to Rebel Against Us?
For most of the AI era, the central question has been whether artificial intelligence poses a danger to human beings….
The Politics of Saturday Night: Who Pays for the Sunday Morning Hangover?
In the 1990 film Air America, Mel Gibson’s character Gene Ryack describes what he calls “the politics of Saturday night.”…
Diesel and Gasoline Prices Explained
Most people hear “oil” and think of one number on the evening news. If that number is up, gas is…
How Students Can Use AI Without Cognitive Surrender
MIT’s Ad Hoc Committee on AI Use in Teaching, Learning, and Research Training issued a report that states that” There are…
AI, As it Actually Moves Through Congress
AI, as it actually moves through Congress: – Assigned to Subcommittee – Awaiting Markup – Amended Into Nothing – Already…
Red Lines + Liability: A Proposal for Outcome-Based AI Governance
This paper proposes a principles-based regulatory framework for frontier and high-impact AI that prioritizes innovation while enforcing hard, outcome-based red…
Why AI Regulation Is Far Harder Than the Slogans Suggest
This paper offers an extended analysis of the profound difficulties in regulating artificial intelligence, taking as its starting point Nilesh…