Jailbreaking AI

How hard is it to control AI? Ask an AI. Governmental and corporate controls are currently not as effective as Continue reading →

Data That Matters March 2023

In California, every 20 zero-emissions vehicles per 1,000 people in a given zip code led to a 3.2 percent drop Continue reading →

Data That Matters February 2023

ChatGPT took two months to do what TikTok took nine months and Instagram took 2.5 years. Tech adoptions are accelerating. Continue reading →

AI Judges

Feeling like you don’t trust government and authority figures as much as before? Familiar with slow bureaucracies that rely on Continue reading →

PNTP Fourth Anniversary – The Hits

Surprise! Today’s the 4th anniversary for PretendingNotToPanic.com, the blog. News for people who are eager and anxious about the future. Continue reading →

Legal AI Personhood

AIs are already gaining citizenship rights. A few countries are experimenting with the idea, particularly in countries that have trouble Continue reading →

Computers See Through Walls

And another privacy barrier falls, or effectively becomes transparent. Computers can now use the ambient radio signals that permeate most Continue reading →

Psychopathic AI

What could possibly go wrong? Researchers at MIT developed a psychopathic artificial intelligence. They did it on purpose to study Continue reading →