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TIME 100 HEALTH-CATALYSTS
Time

TIME 100 HEALTH-CATALYSTS

It's been a long time since there was good news about Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative condition that affects more than 8 million people worldwide.

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May 13, 2024
THE NIGHT I ASKED CHATGPT HOW TO BUILD A BOMB
Reason magazine

THE NIGHT I ASKED CHATGPT HOW TO BUILD A BOMB

YES, YOU CAN TRICK THE BOT INTO GIVING YOU INFORMATION IT’S SUPPOSED TO KEEP TOITSELF. NO, THAT ISN’T SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

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10+ mins  |
June 2024
THE CASE OF THE AI-GENERATED GIANT RAT PENIS
Reason magazine

THE CASE OF THE AI-GENERATED GIANT RAT PENIS

HOW DID AN OBVIOUSLY FABRICATED ARTICLE END UP IN A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL?

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June 2024
AI CAN DO PAPERWORK DOCTORS HATE
Reason magazine

AI CAN DO PAPERWORK DOCTORS HATE

WITH HELP FROM Al, DOCTORS CAN FOCUS ON PATIENTS.

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June 2024
AI Is Coming for Hollywood's Jobs
Reason magazine

AI Is Coming for Hollywood's Jobs

BUT SO IS EVERYONE ELSE.

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10+ mins  |
June 2024
Blaming Tech for Teen Troubles
Reason magazine

Blaming Tech for Teen Troubles

Jonathan Haidt’s clever, insufficient case against smartphones

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6 mins  |
June 2024
An Early Test for Alzheimer's
Reason magazine

An Early Test for Alzheimer's

SHOULD YOU BE allowed to take a blood test that could tell you if you’re already at risk of Alzheimer’s disease? Last year, Quest Diagnostics began offering a consumer-initiated blood test for $399 (not covered by insurance) that detects the buildup of proteins associated with the development of Alzheimer’s in customers’ plasma.

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June 2024
Caging Lab-Grown Meat
Reason magazine

Caging Lab-Grown Meat

LAB-GROWN MEAT IS a scientific marvel. We’ve managed, through pure human ingenuity, to create something that looks like meat, cooks like meat, tastes pretty much like meat, and comes from animal cells—yet doesn’t require the slaughter of a single living animal.

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June 2024
THE POWERFUL UNPREDICTABILITY OF AI
Reason magazine

THE POWERFUL UNPREDICTABILITY OF AI

Physicist and engineer Stephen Wolfram on whether artificial intelligence can fix science, regulation, and innovation

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June 2024
AI Is Like Our Descendants
Reason magazine

AI Is Like Our Descendants

AS HUMANITY HAS advanced, we have slowly become able to purposely design more parts of our world and ourselves.

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June 2024
Launch Approved? Not So Fast, Says Sluggish FAA
Reason magazine

Launch Approved? Not So Fast, Says Sluggish FAA

MOST AMERICANS ARE eager to see NASA astronauts return to the moon and push humanity’s boundaries with future exploration of Mars.

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June 2024
SpaceX Edges Closer to the Moon
Reason magazine

SpaceX Edges Closer to the Moon

ARTEMIS II IS a crewed moon flyby mission, the first in a series of missions meant to get American astronauts back to the moon and eventually to Mars.

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June 2024
The 'Migrant Crime' Wave, Debunked
Reason magazine

The 'Migrant Crime' Wave, Debunked

“THE UNITED STATES is being overrun by the Biden migrant crime,” said former President Donald Trump during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in February. “It’s a new form of vicious violation to our country.”

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June 2024
Don't Co-Parent With Congress
Reason magazine

Don't Co-Parent With Congress

I’M ALWAYS PUZZLED when I hear other parents say they’re worried about the effects social media might be having on their children.

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June 2024
IN THE AI ECONOMY, THERE WILL BE ZERO PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT
Reason magazine

IN THE AI ECONOMY, THERE WILL BE ZERO PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT

THE DEMAND FOR INTELLIGENCE AND LABOR WILL ALWAYS BE GREATER THAN THE SUPPLY.

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June 2024
THE FUTURE OF AI IS HELPING US DISCOVER THE PAST
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THE FUTURE OF AI IS HELPING US DISCOVER THE PAST

HISTORICAL TEACHING AND RESEARCH ARE BEING REVAMPED BY Al.

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June 2024
LONG LIVE THE FIVEPARAGRAPH ESSAY?
Reason magazine

LONG LIVE THE FIVEPARAGRAPH ESSAY?

AI WRITES A PRETTY GOOD ANALYSIS OF 1984.

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June 2024
ΑΙ WARFARE IS BORING BUT DEADLY
Reason magazine

ΑΙ WARFARE IS BORING BUT DEADLY

BUREAUCRATS IN CUBICLES WILL KILL MORE PEOPLE THAN TERMINATOR ROBOTS WILL.

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June 2024
AI's Cozy Crony Capitalism
Reason magazine

AI's Cozy Crony Capitalism

WHAT HAPPENS TO REGULATION WHEN THE BAPTISTS ARE ALSO THE BOOTLEGGERS?

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June 2024
THE GREAT BLACK POPE AND ASIAN NAZI DEBACLE OF 2024
Reason magazine

THE GREAT BLACK POPE AND ASIAN NAZI DEBACLE OF 2024

EXCITING NEW Al TOOLS ARE STILL BEING SHAPED BY HUMAN BEINGS.

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June 2024
Wicked Problems Remain
Reason magazine

Wicked Problems Remain

REVOLUTIONARY NEW TECHNOLOGIES WILL NEVER REPLACE THE NEED FOR MARKETS.

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June 2024
THE FUTURE OF PORN IS CONSENSUAL DEEPFAKES
Reason magazine

THE FUTURE OF PORN IS CONSENSUAL DEEPFAKES

THE CASE FOR CONSENSUAL CONCEPT CAPTURE

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June 2024
The Complicated History of the Spy in Your Pocket
Reason magazine

The Complicated History of the Spy in Your Pocket

AOOP PULLED over Ivan Lopez in Somerton, Arizona, a small town near the Mexican border.

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June 2024
Is Chinese Garlic a Threat to National Security?
Reason magazine

Is Chinese Garlic a Threat to National Security?

IS A STAPLE ingredient in your kitchen secretly undermining American sovereignty? Sen. Rick Scott (R–Fla.) seems to believe so.

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June 2024
The Alzheimer's Test You're Not Allowed To Have
Reason magazine

The Alzheimer's Test You're Not Allowed To Have

MILLIONS FACE THE shadow of Alzheimer’s, a disease that steals memories and devastates lives.

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June 2024
Become Ungovernable
Mother Jones

Become Ungovernable

The spectacular implosion of the Libertarian Party

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May/June 2024
Spoiler Alert
Mother Jones

Spoiler Alert

Third-party candidates never win national elections, but they can still have serious consequences.

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May/June 2024
THE DEMOCRACY BOMB
Mother Jones

THE DEMOCRACY BOMB

A day ahead of the third anniversary of January 6, President Joe Biden traveled to Valley Forge, Pennsylvania-where George Washington encamped during the Revolutionary War-before delivering what he described as a \"deadly serious\" speech framing the stakes of the 2024 election.

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May/June 2024
FOOD FOR THOUGHT - CRIME OF THE CROP
Mother Jones

FOOD FOR THOUGHT - CRIME OF THE CROP

Will GMOs harm my kids? Your pediatrician's response might not be grounded in science.

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May/June 2024
ECONUNDRUMS - CHATBOT QUACKS
Mother Jones

ECONUNDRUMS - CHATBOT QUACKS

AI was supposed to fix online health misinformation. Instead, it's making it worse.

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4 mins  |
May/June 2024