What if Dario Amodei Is Right About A.I.?

Anthropic’s co-founder and C.E.O. explains why he thinks artificial intelligence is on an “exponential curve.” ... Read More

The Economist Breaking Ranks to Warn of AI’s Transformative Power

Unlike most top economists, Anton Korinek believes policymakers need to take AI’s disruptive potential more seriously. Read More

Did the Universe Just Happen?

Twenty years ago, at the age of thirty-four, without so much as a bachelor's degree to his name, he became a full professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... by a large man named ... Read More

Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Dario Amodei

Human beings have trouble thinking ... But then you go 30 days longer, and you have a million. Then you wait another 30 days. Now you have a billion. That’s the power of the exponential curve. Read More

Is This Bull Run Bitcoin’s Final Cycle?

In part one of this series, I made the case for why it’s actually an imperative for our civilization to adopt this technology if we’re to continue to evolve as a species. Now, let’s talk exponential . Read More

ACWA Power: Crossroads for Exponential Growth in Power and Water

In 2002, the government of Saudi Arabia moved to step up the private sector’s role in the kingdom’s economy by opening the production of power and ... So, we bring in technology from around ... Read More

Could artificial intelligence benefit democracy?

But the sheer power of AI technology - and its ability to crunch vast quantities of data - promises to offer far deeper insights into what constituents and voters are thinking and feeling. Read More

Accessibility, sustainability, empathy, and how to build a better games industry

I saw many developers and speakers stand behind the same three themes that I want to see change game development for the better. Read More

Bitcoin’s ‘Difficult’ Past: Exponential Network Growth Powered By Perfect Competition

In 2010, we witnessed bitcoin acquire a market price for the first time in its history, as well as its first exponential “price rip ... and simply ship them to the world’s cheapest power sources. The ... Read More

Geothermal could revolutionize American energy. Will polarization threaten its rise?

She believes a large part of the problem ... “essentially 24-hour” power source makes it very attractive to progressive utilities and, in particular, technology companies like Meta and Google ... Read More