Tech executives are setting deadlines for the arrival of superintelligence. They might regret it. Over the past few months, some of the most prominent people in AI have fashioned themselves as modern messiahs and their products as deities. Top executives and respected researchers at the world’s …
The annual BRICS summit is an ideal occasion for political leaders like Vladimir Putin to promote a vision of a world that the United States does not …
Tech executives are setting deadlines for the arrival of superintelligence. They might regret it. Over the past few months, some of the most prominent people in AI have fashioned themselves as modern messiahs and their products as deities. Top executives and respected researchers at the world’s …
Information & Social Order
A Conversation with Yuval Noah Harari
Sam Harris and Yuval Noah Harari discuss Harari's new book "Nexus" and its relevance to current...
The researchers used machine learning to tackle one of biology’s biggest challenges. The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry recognized Demis Hassabis, John …
China, Navy, Nukes, Tech, and Politics
By Peter Zeihan
Our focus turns toward China today, specifically at the technological struggles facing the Chinese military and manufacturing...
Elon Musk’s underground transit system is plagued by lost drivers, skateboarders and scofflaws. The Vegas Loop, underground tunnels built by Elon Musk’s Boring Company that snake underneath Sin City, hasn’t been the traffic or even technological game changer the company promised it would become. It …
If your jaw dropped as you watched the latest AI-generated video, your bank balance was saved from criminals by a fraud detection system, or your day …
Fledgling fintech startup OpenBB is revealing the next step in its plans to take on the heavyweights of the investment research world. The company is launching a new, free version of a product that will open its arsenal of data and financial tooling to more users. OpenBB is the handiwork of software …
Investing in a Flows Driven World: Interview with Cem Karsan
Excess Returns features Cem Karsan of Kai Volatility Advisors discussing financial markets and the global...
Centuries ago, estuaries around the world were teeming with birds and turbulent with schools of fish, their marshlands and endless tracts of channels …
The researchers used machine learning to tackle one of biology’s biggest challenges. The 2024 Nobel Prize in chemistry recognized Demis Hassabis, John …