Ahead of the Curve: God on AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) will be the most important world-changing force of this century, just as electricity was of the last. The complications involved with the machine power to mimic (or perhaps someday exceed) the one... Read More

Ahead of the Curve: Break Up Google?

I’ve given my life to Google. I use Google’s search feature, its browser, its videos, its operating system, its calendar, its contacts, its flight reservations, its news organizer, its step counter, its heart-rate monitor, its... Read More

Ahead of the Curve: AI vs. Bias

Every now and then an idea comes along that’s so elegant, so obvious (at least in hindsight), that I want to smack my forehead and exclaim, “Why didn’t I think of that? I could have... Read More

Ahead of the Curve: Who Should Censor?

The ideal of “free speech” notwithstanding, some speech should be censored. Rules should attempt to prevent it from occurring, and/or punishment should be meted out if it occurs. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes’s hypothetical of shouting... Read More