It’s not clear if this week’s tabloid story about Ted Cruz’s alleged mistresses is true, but we definitely know who Donald Trump is hitting the sheets with.
- In the wake of AlphaGo’s win, David Gelernter has a profound fear of AI.
- Caleb Scharf questions whether the Singularity is near–or even far.
- A very intense AI “arms race” in being waged in Silicon Valley.
- China is interested in a Minority Report level of crime fighting.
- Surveillance is part of the disquieting bargain of driverless cars.
- Americans know automation is coming, but many don’t think it will affect them.
- Capitalism may not be a solution to the challenges of the Digital Age.
- 3D-printed drones are likely headed for the battlefield.
- Domino’s is testing robot pizza delivery in New Zealand.
- Recently deceased AI pioneer Marvin Minsky is recalled by MIT colleagues.
- In 1992, Andy Grove thought smartphones a “pipe dream driven by greed.”
- Confirming the Kremlin killed Alexander Litvinenko has changed nothing.
- Tim Urban analyzes the philosophical and practical aspects of cryonics.
- Joe Garagiola was a constant TV presence in an age of centralized U.S. media.
- The answer to Stephen Jay Gould’s “tape of life” question may lie in space.
- In 1961, Hunter S. Thompson wrote about Henry Miller in Big Sur.
- Novelist Richard Ford considers America’s lethal gun obsession.
- Daniel Clowes is sad that adults want the simplicity of superheroes.
- The Marshall Project reports on Whitey Bulger’s life behind bars.
- Old Print Article: Hunger artist Dr. Henry Tanner ended his long fast. (1880)
- Old Print Article: President Coolidge visits Cuba. (1928)
- A brief note from 1922 about a pig garbage plant.
- A brief note from 1928 about a walk from America to France.
- This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches.