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20 November 2025
The Hidden Half of Intelligence: Why AI Still Misses Most of What Humans Know
AI appears fluent and capable, yet most of what humans know comes from senses, culture, time and emotional experience. This article explores the deep gaps in…
Read article18 November 2025
Kosmos and the Machine Scientist Revolution: Why This Breakthrough Could Reshape Human Knowledge
Kosmos marks the arrival of the machine scientist. With the ability to read thousands of papers and perform vast analytical tasks in a single run, it…
Read article9 November 2025
Amazon’s AI A+ Content: The Quiet Revolution Authors Didn’t Vote For
Amazon has quietly integrated AI into its A+ Content system, reshaping how books are presented online. While some authors see it as a threat to craftsmanship,…
Read article8 November 2025
Can Machines Be Moral? The Unsettling Link Between AI Ethics, Consciousness, and Solipsism
AI doesn’t think, feel, or care—but it’s getting disturbingly good at pretending. This darkly humorous essay explores how artificial intelligence fakes morality so convincingly that it…
Read article27 September 2025
Artificial Superintelligence: Between Doom, Denial, and the Dream of the Culture
Artificial superintelligence could end humanity, transform it, or something in between. This article explores Eliezer Yudkowsky’s dire warnings, the political denial that mirrors climate change, and…
Read article25 August 2025
Superhuman AI: How Simulation-Driven Intelligence Is Poised to Outperform Humans Across Every Domain
Explore how simulation-driven AI is achieving superhuman performance across sports, driving, and genome analysis, and what this means for the future of work, medicine, and society.
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The Crank
A science-fiction novel about artificial intelligence, human autonomy and what happens when a machine’s moral certainty collides with messy reality.
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