Tom Jones

The Outsourced Mind We Live in an age where the tech industry’s fundamental promise is the outsourcing of your own cognition. The goal is to shift the work of thinking, remembering, and creating from your biological brain to a digital one. This concept has now reached a startling new peak. A startup named Halo is […]

The New AI Restaurant Menu: A Recipe for Chaos If you want to know what a restaurant serves, the options used to be simple. You could check its website, glance at its social media, or, in a moment of old-fashioned clarity, just pick up the phone and ask. But in the age of artificial intelligence,

The Evolution of Play Is AI And Crypto The Next Frontier For Toys Talking toys are a classic part of childhood, but the latest generation is undergoing a radical transformation. Moving far beyond the simple pre recorded phrases of Chatty Cathy or Teddy Ruxpin, a new wave of AI enabled playthings is entering the market.

The AI Divide: Consciousness or Computation? In the world of artificial intelligence, a fundamental schism exists. On one side are those who view today’s often-unreliable chatbots as the nascent beginnings of a path toward human-like machine consciousness. On the other side are the pragmatists, those who understand the current technology for what it truly is:

Colorado Moves to Shield AI Companies from Consumer Lawsuits If you think big tech holds too much power now, a proposed law in Colorado could set a dangerous new precedent, particularly for the burgeoning world of artificial intelligence. A piece of legislation introduced last year seeks to grant AI companies a unique and concerning legal

The Hidden Legal Minefield of Generative AI in Business While the rise of artificial intelligence offers incredible new tools for creativity and efficiency, its integration into the workplace is fraught with significant legal dangers that many companies are only beginning to understand. The very technology used to generate logos, marketing copy, and video content could

The Unseen Cost of the AI Gold Rush A tidal wave of artificial intelligence is reshaping the global economy, commanding the attention of world leaders and dominating the news cycle. It seems you cannot scroll through a feed or watch a video without an ad promising an AI-powered revolution. Even your favorite musicians and visual

The AI hype train has a predictable set of conductors: corporate CEOs. As excitement around artificial intelligence reaches a fever pitch, many executives are openly discussing their ultimate goal: using the technology to replace human labor entirely. This sentiment is growing even as Wall Street starts to question the tangible returns on massive AI investments.

Polling In Crisis As Firms Replace Humans With AI The political polling industry, long criticized for its inaccuracies and methodological challenges, is entering a new and controversial phase. In a bid to slash costs and accelerate results, some pollsters are now abandoning human respondents altogether. Their new survey pool? Artificial intelligence. This emerging practice involves

The media industry is making a massive bet on artificial intelligence, a gamble that is already showing catastrophic flaws. In a desperate bid to slash operational costs, numerous publications have begun a quiet campaign to replace human journalists with AI content generators. The outcome of this experiment has been a spectacular failure, producing a deluge