For years, we were told that artificial intelligence was being trained on us. It consumed our books, our websites, our conversations, our photographs, our articles and our collective human experience, learning how we speak, how we think and how we respond. The machine was built to imitate the man. But now something far stranger is beginning to emerge: the man is beginning to imitate the machine. Researchers are finding measurable evidence that words, sentence structures and linguistic habits favored by AI systems are beginning to appear in human speech and writing. The creation is no longer merely reflecting its creator; the reflection is beginning to reshape the one standing in front of the mirror. [Read More]

AI companies are buying physical books by the thousands and even the millions. They cut the spines off, run the pages through high-speed scanners, and then shred or discard the paper originals. Books printed before 2022 are especially prized because they contain no AI written text: “AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They’re Free of AI Slop” [Read More]

President Trump signed an executive order Monday that makes the expansion of AI a top government priority and enshrines it as the key to solving the world’s most challenging problems.

The executive order, called the “Genesis Mission,” makes the development of artificial intelligence a matter of “national security,” meaning everything and anything will be thrown at it with no regulations or protections against the dark side of this technology. [Read More]

International Man introduces the topic of rapidly advancing technologies that were once considered science fiction, noting that they are now becoming reality. Among these, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is highlighted as a particularly important area of progress. The discussion opens with a question on perspectives regarding AI’s development and its future trajectory. [Read More]

In this episode of Cutting Through the Chaos, Artificial Intelligence is often marketed as the great neutralizer - an objective problem-solver, a logic engine immune to bias. But in practice, AI has become the handmaid of ideology, enforcing dominant cultural narratives under the guise of neutrality. What we’re witnessing is not the rise of an independent intelligence, but the institutionalization of bias through code, feedback, and curation. [Read More]

The siren song of technological progress has always promised a brighter future, often accompanied by reassurances that any jobs displaced will be swiftly replaced by new, unforeseen opportunities. From the Luddite rebellions against textile machinery to the fears surrounding automation, history is replete with instances where technological advances were expected to lead to widespread unemployment, only to witness a net increase in job availability. [Read More]