Congrats on the Degree—Now Compete With a Chatbot
Your $200,000 degree might now qualify you to lose a job to a language model. Welcome to the AI-shaped job market.
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A Thousand Brains Are Better Than One
If your AI strategy still relies on one big brain doing everything, you’ve already lost to the swarm.
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From Insulin to Intelligence: The Case for AI with a Pulse
If you still think AI is coming for your job, you’re already missing the bigger question: what if it’s coming to save your life instead?
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When the Lab Coat No Longer Fits
What if the next generation of scientific breakthroughs doesn’t need you,or anyone who thinks like you?
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Mark Zuckerberg Thinks Your Loneliness Is a Feature—Not a Bug
Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t think you need real friends because soon, Meta will sell you better ones who never argue, age, or question your privacy settings.
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Synthetic Minds | When AI Writes Policy, You’re the Product
This week’s Synthetic Minds covers that tools evolve faster than our wisdom: Duolingo fires humans for AI, elite group chats shape democracy, Claude powers crime, MIT maps AI’s DNA, IP law gets torched by billionaires, and why education, verification, and regulation are our last line of defense.
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The Silent Convergence: How Exponential Tech is Disrupting Democracy, Truth, and the Human Mind
Big Tech’s political overreach, and regulatory paralysis have created a vortex where democracy, identity, and agency dissolve into algorithmic profit. This isn’t science fiction—it’s 2024. We need systemic responses to exponential risks, not patchwork fixes.
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Duolingo’s Harsh Lesson: AI Replaces Humans, Not Just Verbs
If your job can be done by AI, Duolingo just became the canary in the corporate coal mine; teaching us that “AI-first” might really mean “humans second.”
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Why ‘Normal’ AI Might Be More Dangerous Than ‘Super’ AI
While everyone’s obsessing over AI turning into a god, the real threat may be its awkward, error-prone teenage phase, and we’re handing it the keys to society anyway.
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Architects, Meet Your New Muse: AI
If AI can’t design a structurally sound building, why are the world’s top architects letting it redesign their imagination?
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