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A.I. for the Win: How Will We Cope When Artificial Intelligence Kills High-Paying Jobs

When many people who now hold high-paying jobs find themselves replaced by A.I., how will we cope?

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Elon Musk: Neuralink Implant to Make $6 Million Man in Next Year

Elon Musk is sending rockets to Mars, putting electric motors in hot cars, generating power from roofing shingles, boring tunnels for hyperloop travel, and creating a “$6 Million Man” within the next year. Musk’s other, other company, Neuralink, has a tiny device designed to fix issues like paralysis, autism, schizophrenia and other brain-related conditions. Beyond […]

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Darwin’s Demon: Tech Devolution Makes Your Grandchild Look Like ‘Mindy’

Will smartphones and other technology make your grandchild look like ‘Mindy’ — a tech-driven dsytopian vision of species devolution with a pronounced hunch, thickened skull, extra eyelid, ‘tech claw’ and other adaptations that conjure a creature which might be called Darwin’s demon. Some say Mindy already walks among us.

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U.N. Says Siri Sexist: Digital Assistants Steer Girls Away from S.T.E.M.

Siri, Alexa and the Google Assistant default female voices reinforce sexist notions that women are docile, servile, non-confrontational and easy to please, according to a new United Nations report. The report recommends genderless default voices so these female caricatures don’t discourage girls from pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering and math (S.T.E.M.).

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Apple Airpods Tragedy: Cursing the Future Fossils of Capitalism

Vice.com writer Caroline Haskins expels a lengthy screed damning Apple’s Airpods as a tragedy — “the future fossils of capitalism.” Stephen Green, Bill Whittle and Scott Ott schools this Leftist luddite in the miracle of free markets.