Startup Investors Foaming at the Mouth To Carve Up Your Job With AI

By Futurism Published on Feburary 21, 2025     If there’s one throughline linking us to our ancestors at the birth of industrial society, it’s the anxiety of automation. Back then it was the robber barons pushing the mechanized loom — and now it’s kids in their 20s founding tech startups.   Meet Mercor: the […]

Here Are the Digital Clues to What Musk Is Really Up To

By THE NEW YORK TIMES Published on Feburary 21, 2025     Watching Elon Musk and his band of young acolytes slash their way through the federal government, many observers have struggled to understand how such a small group could do so much damage in so little time.   The mistake is trying to situate […]

JD Vance thinks AI will uplift Americans — It’s more likely to erase them

By THE HILL Published on Feburary 21, 2025    At the recent Paris AI Summit, JD Vance attempted to paint a hopeful picture of artificial intelligence. The vice president reassured Americans that AI isn’t meant to replace them. Instead, it promises to make them stronger, more productive, and, ultimately, happier.   It’s a nice sentiment — if […]