# tech
What if Silicon Valley's high priests of AGI get their wish, but end up with a digital god that wants nothing to do with them?
# space
Are we going to have new AWS regions orbiting overhead by 2050? Physics says no.
# tech
Science says that as we get older, we stop asking questions to which we may not like the answers.
# tech
A new study from Yale exposes the lie at the heart of the AI bubble.
# tech
And it's not a bug but a feature.
# oddities
Silicon Valley embraced a new religion. And it borrows quite heavily from an old one.
# tech
Business are lamenting that workers use generative AI to turn in subpar work, despite giving them every incentive to do so.
# science
Yes, we run mostly on autopilot. We more or less have to.
# tech
Yes, it sounds horrifying, but this technology can be used to prevent a brewing global crisis and cure complex diseases.
# health
Mental health professionals are starting to treat patients suffering from psychotic episodes after spending too much time with chatbots.
# tech
Social media doomers are thinking of what will replace big platforms as they fail. They may be jumping the gun on that...
# tech
Video platforms are awash in AI slop. Now, it's coming for music and podcasting too, even though no one is excited about it...
# tech
Our tech oligarchs want an "AGI." No one really knows what that actually means.
# space
As we dream of exploring the galaxy, but some insist we're forever stuck in our solar system. Is this a cold, hard truth, or just contrarian naysaying?
# longform
One virus, at just the right time, and with just the right virulence, managed to expose every weakness of our society.
