WHAT ARE A.I. AGENTS ANYWAY? AND WHY SHOULD WE CARE?
PAUL TAYLOR TELLS US ABOUT “FREE AGENTS,” London Review of Books, October 8, 2026. This article is ripe for gleaning for several reasons: Taylor, Professor of Health Informatics at University … Continue reading
ADA LOVELACE ON A.I.—YOU GO, GRRL!
WALTER ISAACSON DESCRIBES, “ADA LOVELACE Already Answered the Big Questions About A.I.,” The New York Times, October 5, 2026. Indeed, come to think of it, this confirms the findings of … Continue reading
DISORDER PROMOTES STABILITY PART 2
YESTERDAY WE FOOLED WITH MATRICES, even introducing Jacobian ones with vector-value differentials. (Whew.) Today, Raissa M. D’Souza continues her discussion of “Noise and Diversity Can Boost Stability,” AAAS Science, September … Continue reading
SHAKE THINGS UP—IT’LL HELP PART 1
THOUGH SEEMINGLY PARADOXICAL, DISORDER CAN PROMOTE STABILITY. Raissa M. D’Souza describes how in “Noise and Diversity Can Boost Stability,” AAAS Science, September 17, 2026. Real-world Examples. You’d think that collective … Continue reading
A.I. OUTLAWS PART 2
YESTERDAY WE BEGAN GLEANING TIDBITS from Jill Lepore’s “Is A.I. Above The Law?,” The New Yorker, September 28, 2026. Today in Part 2, we focus on jurisprudence of robots. Previous … Continue reading
A.I. OUTLAWS PART 1
JILL LEPORE ASKS “IS A.I. ABOVE THE LAW?,” The New Yorker, September 21, 2026. Her subhead reads, “Our legal system isn’t ready for machines that act on their own.” Following … Continue reading
ANDES HIGH (AND WE’RE NOT TALKING ALTITUDE)
ANDREW LAWLER’S OPENER IS DATELINED CHAVÍN DE HUÁNTAR, PERU: “The subterranean corridor was lit only by eerie light that filtered down narrow ventilation shafts and reflected from polished stone. Priests … Continue reading
A.I. VERSES MATHEMATICS
DR. ZEYNEP TUFEKCI HAS BECOME MY GO-TO on lofty matters: See “How Zeynep Tufekci Keeps Getting the Big Things Right,” Ben Smith, The New York Times, August 23, 2020. See … Continue reading
HERE’S LOOKIN’ ATCHA
DANIEL CLERY REPORTS “NASA’S ROMAN TELESCOPE Readies a Sweeping View of the Universe,” AAAS Science, August 26, 2026: “With a view 100 times larger than Hubble,” Clery recounts, “the observatory … Continue reading
EV NUTS AND BOLTS
NUTS ARE JUST NUTS. AND BOLTS, BOLTS, RIGHT? And, for once, I’m not talking about political nutballs or party defections. Indeed, it turns out in this evolving world of EV … Continue reading
