5 Lessons From Ancient Civilizations for Keeping Homes Cool in Hot, Dry Climates
To prepare for an even hotter future, designers today could learn from the past.
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The Problem with AI
Why AI is likely to have more limited use than boosters anticipate, particularly in replacing professionals like teachers and accountants.
Read more...Beijing and Washington Clash Over Russia Sanctions
The US continues to talk at, rather than with, China about its close ties to Russia.
Read more...Interview: The Emerging Ethics of Innovative Brain Research
Significant investment has been put toward brain research, including the development of new technologies to treat some conditions. These technologies may very well improve lives, but they also raise a host of ethical issues
Read more...The Geography and Determinants of ‘New Work’ in the United States
The findings point to the role of local human capital as a key element both in generating ‘new work’ as well as in turning some shocks, such as trade and technological change, into ‘new work’.
Read more...Can Plastic Waste Be Transformed Into Food for Humans?
Using bacteria to take a bite out of plastic pollution is not new. But can the same microbes be used as a food source?
Read more...Robots and Wage Polarisation
Quelle surprise! Introducing robots into workplaces slows wage growth, particularly among factory labor.
Read more...America Needs Intel Economically and Politically—But Is It Too Late?
On Intel’s storied history and self-destruction via greed, and now US stealthy financial support with no accountability.
Read more...The Effect of AI Adoption on Jobs: Evidence from US Commuting Zones
Using data across US commuting zones over the period 2000-2020, this column presents evidence that AI adoption has reduced employment, except in high-paying occupations and those requiring a degree in STEM disciplines
Read more...Lina Khan’s FTC Gears Up to Go After Algorithmic Black Boxes Governing Workers’ Lives, but It Might Be Running Out of Time
A closer look at “algorithmic wage discrimination” used at gig companies (and increasingly across all industries), one potential tool to stop it, and how the FTC is zeroing in on the practice.
Read more...Forty Percent of Biden IRA Manufacturing Projects Behind Schedule or Paused
A new study by the Financial Times on the early results from Biden Administration IRA spending raises as many questions as it answers.
Read more...‘Corporate Greed Is Out of Control’: Warren Slams Kroger’s AI Pricing Scheme
If you have shopped at Kroger, please consider boycotting them over them over their surge pricing grifting plans.
Read more...Electric Vehicle Revolution Stalls, Leaving Metal Markets in Limbo
Another sober take on near and perhaps intermediate-term electric vehicle prospects.
Read more...“How Does OpenAI Survive?”
Ed Zitron explains in gory detail why OpenAI looks like the mother of all bezzles.
Read more...Hoisted from Comments: Is Intel Going Down the Boeing Path?
Why Intel’s prospects are even worse than its stock price plunge and worried press accounts suggest.
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