As systems learn and adapt, their goals can drift from human values in a danger that is quiet and slow. The real test is whether we notice and correct it in time.
More than two centuries later, with the subsequent threats of printed books, television, calculators, and computers behind us, generative AI is the intellectual catastrophe of the moment, poised to ...
Too many women are in jeopardy and too many men are striking out. It may be time for a new approach. Frank E. Reilly lives in ...
The nation’s official motto, “In God we trust,” has appeared on coins since the Civil War. The Pledge of Allegiance promises ...
Learning poverty remains one of the most urgent education challenges of the digital age, limiting millions of students’ ability to read, write, and fully participate in modern knowledge economies.
LUSBY, Md. — Steam drifts above two steel-lined concrete domes at Calvert Cliffs, a 50-year-old landmark for carbon-free energy perched along the Chesapeake Bay. Those two domes, along with an ...
The increase in concern about rubella in Nigeria is not due to a brand-new outbreak, but rather the alarming convergence of long-standing low vaccination coverage, recent major outbreaks, and the ...
Like it or not, every decision about how you earn, save and use your cash can alter your happiness for better or worse. And, ...
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The world of Palestinian scholarship mourns historian Walid Khalidi, who died at 100 after a lifetime dedicated to documenting a nation’s history and memory ...