The Rise Of AI Art

The Rise Of AI Art

The incredible rise of AI art is nothing short of amazing. Currently, the output of these systems is primarily viewed as novelty when it appears on the cover of a magazine or when it is utilized to create memes. But this might not be the case for too long.

Your New Retirement Home Could Be A Cruise Ship

Cruise ships offer many of the essential elements older Americans need to thrive: organized activities, a decent level of medical care and, most crucially, a built-in community of like-minded travelers.  Upgraded connectivity has also allowed semi-retired cruisers to make a cruise ship their new retirement home.

Things The CDC Does Not Know

Things The CDC Does Not Know

There are many things the CDC does not actually know. They did not run the appropriate studies, so they do not have any idea. Let me start with one I have made before, and then move to some new points.

Invasion Of The Fact Checkers

In the past five years, a cadre of fact-checkers has marched through the institutions of journalism and installed itself in the U.S. media as a privatized, quasi-governmental regulatory agency. What’s wrong with facts, you say? Fueled by a panic over misinformation, the fact-checking industry is shifting the media’s primary obligation away from pursuing the truth and toward upholding vague notions of public safety, which it gets to define. In the course of this transformation, journalists are being turned into rent-a-cops whose job is to enforce an official consensus that is treated as a civic good by those who benefit from—and pay for—its protection.