The AGI Intelligence Threshold: Understanding Why Changes Everything
The AGI Intelligence Threshold: Understanding Why Changes Everything When machines can learn anything humans can learn, we cross a line we can never uncross. Here’s what artificial general intelligence actually means—and why the clock is ticking. Artificial...
The Vanishing Present: 250 Things That Will Disappear from Our Lives by 2040
The Vanishing Present: 250 Things That Will Disappear from Our Lives by 2040 We’re living amid the final generation of everyday artifacts—steering wheels, cash, and keys—soon to vanish in the age of automation and AI. We stand at a peculiar moment in...
The Future of Libraries – 2035
The Future of Libraries – 2035 Upon entering, patrons are welcomed by a holographic AI receptionist ready to assist with anything they need. I wrote my first column on the future of libraries in 2004, a time when many people were predicting libraries were going...