AI: Purpose Driven Policy

AI’s Upside: A Tax Plan for Progress

As society ponders the burgeoning AI revolution, it is quite reasonable to look at downsides of…

Should AI Be “Born Secret”?

“When the time comes to hang the last capitalist, he will sell us the rope.”

On-Device AI: A Cyberweapon in Every Pocket

PC and smartphone manufacturers are racing to put AI chips into their devices. Eager…

AI, Jobs, and a Widow Named Sal

“My basic model of the next decade is that the marginal cost of intelligence … [is] going to trend rapidly towards zero.” — Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI

“The peasants are starving? Why, let them eat cake!” — Unknown, but often attributed to Marie…

“AI Delegation” — The Skill Our Kids Will Need Most?

There is a vigorous debate underway about the role Generative AI should play in education. Should we keep the technology out? Actively hunt down things written by ChatGPT? Develop GAI-based tutoring systems?

AI & UBI: A New Feudalism?

AI leaders are making strong statements about the looming employment apocalypse. AI is poised to boost productivity which is likely to result in fewer employees necessary to do the same work. Indeed, some disciplines may disappear entirely and be replaced by automation. History…