The Complicated Relationship Between Technology and Luddites Learning from the Past While Looking to the Future
Quantum Mania: Amid the Present Puffery, A Seemingly Bright Future You could say that it’s the best of times, the worst of times, and practically the non-existent times for quantum computing. The sentence I’ve just typed is paradoxical, but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong. The information-technology industry seems to be forming a consensus that quantum computing
Robotaxis, Faux Robo PR, Robo Content Moderation, Kong’s New Valuation, Canadian Quantum, and Tech-Industry Lobbying
Taking in the Big Picture at OpenAI It’s nearly impossible to keep up with all the announcements relating to genAI. Something new – funding, partnerships, releases of new or improved LLMs, executive hires, launches of strategic roadmaps – jumps to the front of the queue each day, to be brusquely displaced by something else, often later the same
How Information Technology Turbocharged Globalization, and Why It's Being Asked to Retreat Technology, particularly information technology, played an integral role in facilitating the rise of globalization during the last part of the 20th century and the first decade or so of this century. Globalization, of course, existed before the rise of modern information technology, but there's no question that IT