The Diaper Test
The real test of AI isn’t conversation—it’s care. Until a robot can handle fragile, human moments, it hasn’t earned our trust. … The real measure of a robot has never been what it can do in a warehouse. It’s whether you’d trust it alone with the...
The Asimov Problem
We built powerful robots without shared rules. Asimov imagined safeguards— industry delivered terms of service. One incident could expose a framework that doesn’t exist. … Why the most physically intimate technology in human history has no ethical spine — and...
The Battery Made of Rust That Could Change Everything
The simplest chemistry may win: iron, water, air. Rust becomes energy storage— scaling fast enough to reshape the grid and power the next era By Futurist Thomas Frey The most important battery innovation of the decade isn’t made of lithium, cobalt, or any of the...