More than half a century after 2001: A Space Odyssey, HAL 9000 offers a chilling warning about artificial intelligence, corporate power, and the dangers of surrendering human judgment to machines.…
Exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping societies, cultures, economies, and opportunities around the world.
Can Machines Become Conscious? Science Is Divided on the Answer
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capable of reasoning, conversing, and imitating human emotions, scientists are confronting a profound question: Could a machine ever experience the world rather than simply process…
The Algorithmic Unconscious: What AI Reveals About the Human Mind
From Freud's uncanny to Lacan's mirror, our conversations with artificial intelligence may tell us less about the inner lives of machines than about our own desires, fears, and need to…
Will AI Create More Jobs Than It Destroys? History Offers Hope, but No Guarantees
Past industrial revolutions transformed the world of work. Artificial intelligence may do the same—but its greatest promise could lie in empowering workers rather than replacing them. Every major technological revolution…
Can AI Replace Your Lawyer? How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing the Legal Profession
From reviewing contracts to preparing court documents, artificial intelligence is transforming legal work. But can it make justice more accessible—and what happens when the technology gets the law wrong? For…
Can AI Bring America’s Forgotten History Back to Life?
As the United States marks 250 years of independence, the Smithsonian and the Library of Congress are using artificial intelligence to connect historical artifacts, uncover overlooked lives and explore a…
We Were Too Late to Protect Kids From Social Media. Will AI Be Different?
After years of warnings about social media, a new generation is growing up with artificial intelligence. This time, the challenge is not only what children see on a screen, but…
Small AI, Big Opportunities: Can Artificial Intelligence Transform the Developing World?
As technology giants race to build ever more powerful artificial intelligence systems, the World Bank is promoting a different approach: smaller, affordable AI tools designed to solve everyday problems in…
The Languages AI Doesn’t Speak
Artificial intelligence is becoming a universal tool for learning, communication, and opportunity. But its linguistic abilities remain profoundly unequal, raising a troubling question: whose knowledge, culture, and identity will be…
Who Owns the Intelligence? The Growing Concentration of AI Power
Artificial intelligence promises to democratize knowledge and opportunity. But the chips, data centers, computing infrastructure, and financial resources behind it are increasingly concentrated in the hands of a small number…