Reliance on AI is destroying the abilities of college students to conduct research, write papers and otherwise perform high level intellectual work.
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: ‘JUNIOR PARTNER’ SYMBIOSIS IN FULL SWING
A recent article in Psychology Today put forward the idea that addressing problems with AI safety and “alignment” with serving human interests, might be solved by a “bold” new way of envisioning the integration of humans and AI.
BY 2030, AI WILL NEED MORE ELECTRICITY THAN JAPAN, IEA SAYS
When Chinese startup DeepSeek revealed its top-line AI was trained using far less money, and less electricity, than Western companies had used for theirs, some analysts and utility companies were briefly able to hope that AI will need less power in the future than projected.
AI DAMAGES TRUST IN ONLINE CONTENT EVEN MORE
On average, people think 59 percent of what they see on the Internet is factually inaccurate, outright false, or created by AI, according to a new survey of 2,000 U.S. adults by Talker Research.
GOLDMAN SACHS INVESTS IN AI MUSIC VENTURE
Goldman Sachs has bought a piece of Splice, a British audio library of riffs, vocal hooks, and other musical sounds that composers can rent to assemble pieces of music for as little as $13 per use.
EVERY OFFICE WORKER WILL BE AN AI’S BOSS, MICROSOFT SAYS
In sketching its view of tomorrow’s office, Microsoft envisions every human supervising one or a group of AI agents—bots able to carry out routine tasks without being asked or told.
AI TAKES OVER THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT
Marketing executives are relinquishing control of, and decisions about, corporate marketing strategies and messages to AI, The Wall Street Journal reported.
AN AI IMAGINES ‘HUMAN ASPIRATIONS’ IN THE AGE OF AI ASCENDANCE, PART TWO
The following is part two of a conversation with xAI’s Grok3 generative AI chatbot begun with “AN AI IMAGINES ‘HUMAN ASPIRATIONS’ IN THE AGE OF AI ASCENDANCE, PART ONE” (29 Apr 2025).
GOOGLE’S AI IS TRANSLATING DOLPHINS’ LANGUAGE
Scientists have long known that dolphins have their own language. However, despite decades of effort, no one has a good understanding of what those clicks, squeaks, and whistles mean.
TARIFFS WILL BOOST AI’S POWER BILL
Donald Trump has painted himself as a champion of AI, but his tariffs threaten to add even more cost to processing your AI prompts.