| Nov 10, 2021 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyTick-tick-tick — each sweep of Big Tech’s clock enhances corporate power and sweep away more of our civil rights. At first, each new surge of artificial intelligence and robotic technologies can seem perfectly benign, even playful. Take “Spot,” the robotic,...
| May 15, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / FarmingThe great thing about corporate giants is that they’re such amazing business innovators. For example, in the category of “wheel-spinning” innovation — i.e., trying to change a corporation’s course without actually changing anything — it’s hard to top McDonald’s. For...
| May 8, 2019 | Economy / BusinessCorporate bosses don’t talk about it in public, but among themselves — psssst — they whisper excitedly about implementing a transformative “AI agenda” across our economy. AI stands for artificial intelligence, the rapidly advancing digital technology of creating...
| Jan 23, 2019 | Economy / BusinessWe humans have got to get a whole lot smarter, says Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla automobiles and CEO of SpaceX rockets. Musk isn’t merely reacting to humanity’s recent tendency to elect lunatics to lead our countries. Rather, he’s trying to warn...
| Jan 16, 2019 | Economy / BusinessWith chaos in the White House, worsening climate disasters, more wars than we can count, and a wobbling economy here at home, the last thing we need is another big challenge. But — look out! — here comes a doozy! It’s AI — artificial intelligence — the fast-evolving...
