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When CEO and Company Are Synonymous, Risks Can Overshadow Rewards

Like an auteur of the 1960s and 1970s, I feel compelled to revisit certain themes, not so much to repeat them as to explore them further. An early composition on this forum dealt with the evolving behavior of ultra-rich industrialists. In the age of the Robber Barons, the obscenely wealthy

Why AI Scenarios Are More Important than Predictions

Love in the Age of the AI Tech-Bro Gigolo

Each day brings a new jolt, not from our planet’s shifting tectonic plates but from the disorientating sensation of becoming dislodged from what we previously perceived as objective reality. Whenever I see anybody today proclaiming an unerring foreknowledge of what the future holds, I cannot resist a derisive snort.

As Planned, Nvidia’s GTC Offered No Surprises

When it Comes to AI, Clear-Eyed Pragmatism Beats Slaphappy Optimism

After my return from vacation, I had a lot on my plate these last few days. The preceding sentence is my way of apologizing for not providing a post earlier this week. Still, I’ll attempt to make amends, offering this post today and another tomorrow (on Nvidia GTC . . . for

Annihilation or Utopia? AI Likely to Land Somewhere Between the Two Extremes

A couple recent articles got my attention, and I thought I’d offer thoughts with which you might enthusiastically agree or vehemently disagree. Either reaction is acceptable. The only unacceptable reaction would be apathy and indifference. We’re here to think critically, not to sleepwalk. The topic of AI is

Nvidia’s Results Were Good, But the Market is Full to Bursting

Tesla and the Fickle Magic of Sentiment

One challenge associated with expounding on events is having to choose from a multiplicity of subject matter. On any given day — today, for instance — I could take this vehicle and drive it in any of several directions. But since I’ve invoked a driving metaphor, let’s go with Tesla’

Forget the Asteroid in 2032 — Worry About the Here and Now

I am not among the people concerned about an asteroid, charmingly named 2024 YR4, that is reportedly hurtling through space on a collision course for Earth. Astronomers and physicists estimate that the space rock, which measures from 130 to 300 feet (a wide variance), has about a 1.5% probability