Tech

Opinion: Make Democracy capitalist again

If you listen to Democrats at both the state and national level today, capitalism is the enemy. Billionaires and their current avatars, AI and data centers, have become the bogeymen that electeds and party leaders invoke to stir outrage in the base. Read More

Etzioni on AI: How to read with AI

The fundamental question here is not productivity. It is about the impact of AI reading on you as the reader: What happens to your retention, your understanding, your ability to synthesize across sources? Read More

Etzioni on AI: AI coach or AI ghostwriter? The choice is yours

AI is a fork in the road disguised as a shortcut. Down one path, it’s a coach that studies your weaknesses, challenges your assumptions, and pushes you past your limits. Down the other, it’s a ghostwriter, and you are putting your name on someone else’s thoughts, slowly forgetting that you ever had your own. Read More

Washington state needs a ‘coherent’ story to compete in AI, leaders agree

Washington state may have everything it needs to become a global AI hub. The problem is, it hasn’t figured out how to tell the world. At a roundtable convened by the Washington Technology Industry Association, civic and industry leaders debated what it will take to stop playing catch-up with Silicon Valley and start leading. Read More