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Christine Gelineau: Artificial Intelligence

It was Kristallnacht that motivated
my mother-in-law’s parents
to put her and her younger sister
on the Kindertransport train
to England

November 9, 2025 · 6 Comments

Sharon Kumar: The Hidden Cost of AI — How Energy-Hungry Algorithms Are Fueling the Climate Crisis

As AI adoption accelerates, its soaring energy demands and carbon footprint raise urgent concerns about sustainability, highlighting the need for greener technologies and policies to mitigate its environmental impact.

September 1, 2025 · 9 Comments

Elizabeth Warren & Bernie Sanders respond to the 2024 election

We will continue to fight for each other.

November 8, 2024 · 7 Comments

Noam Chomsky: What ChatGPT Is Really Good For

The subset of artificial intelligence known as Large Language Models can’t tell us anything about human language learning, but it excels at misleading the uninformed. 

June 28, 2024 · 6 Comments

Richard Heinberg: Why AI Must Be Stopped Now

The promise of AI is eclipsed by its perils, which include our own annihilation.

March 24, 2024 · 5 Comments

Video: The Urgent Risks of Runaway AI — And What To Do About Them

Will truth and reason survive the evolution of artificial intelligence? AI researcher Gary Marcus says no, not if untrustworthy technology continues to be integrated into our lives at such dangerously high speeds.

June 6, 2023 · 3 Comments

Abby Zimet: So The Whole World Will Listen To Joaquin

On the fourth anniversary of his son’s murder, Manuel climbed a 150-foot crane in the early, gusty morning – “A father’s job never ends” – so “the whole world will listen to Joaquin today.”

February 17, 2022 · 1 Comment

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