The Persistent Tactic of Symbolically Sanctioning Tech The 1985 space shuttle mission, which carried two 15-inch copper replicas of the Statue of Liberty into orbit, was far more than a quirky historical footnote. This seemingly benign Read More
The Illusion of Progress Through Benchmarks Another day, another announcement of an incremental leap in artificial intelligence. Cognito AI, a prominent US-based player, recently unveiled OmniMind v3, touting a 25% improvement in reasoning benchmarks and a 15% Read More
The Costly Illusion of American Health While Silicon Valley basks in the glow of AI breakthroughs and venture capital inflows, a different kind of abysmal number dropped this week, one that quietly corrodes America’s Read More