Better Work, Uncertain Learning
AI can improve students’ work without improving their understanding. Real educational progress depends on what learners retain, explain, and apply independently.
Please Don’t Build Me Photoshop
AI software clones raise copyright questions. But the bigger disruption may be tools built on demand—or simply getting the job done without an application.
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The Indignity of Being Solved
AI is solving problems faster than academia can process the insult. A wry look at mathematical pride, legitimate concerns, and plumbers who still feel safe.
The AI Circus Has a Landlord
As AI giants debate whose chatbot to use, SpaceXAI sells computing power to rivals and plans chip factories. In this circus, it pays to own the machinery.
The Shape of Understanding
Why do graphs and interactive explanations make ideas easier to grasp? The right form lets our eyes do some of the work our minds would otherwise have to tackle.
The Mind Reader Has Seen a Lot of Pictures
AI reconstructs images from brain scans, but learned visual patterns can fill the gaps. Impressive results do not yet prove that machines can read our minds.
The Unites States of Superintelligence
Six tech leaders pledge safer AI, but voluntary oversight leaves hard questions unanswered. A typo beneath Trump’s signature supplies the accidental punchline.