Researcher and Google CTO Blaise Agüera y Arcas joins us to discuss his new book, "What Is Intelligence?"

Conversations about an imminent "AI bubble" tend to miss the big picture.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

“Until very recently, I thought I would die with the same genome that I was born with.”

“Old systems of the past are collapsing, and new systems of the future are still to be born. I call this moment the great progression.”

“What's really interesting about neural networks is the way that they think or the way that they operate is a lot like human intuition”

Real progress demands rules built for uncertainty — not for the few innovations dominating today’s tech landscape.

Barriers to energy abundance — and how to overcome them — were front and center at Progress Conference 2025.

With new labs, funding models, and institutions, metascience is reinventing the machinery of discovery.

The case that a bipartisan movement structured around progress and reform may be reaching critical mass.

Leaders in China hope that AI and robotics can finally resolve the flaws of a centralized planned economy. But US technoculture has an edge.

Do aliens speak the same physics that we do, with similar laws, observables, and underlying mathematics. Maybe not, argues Daniel Whiteson.

“Consciousness is fundamental. It's a fundamental property of the world that we inhabit, a fundamental property of the universe.”

In this excerpt from "The Shortest History of AI," Toby Walsh explores the history of the Logic Theorist, the first AI to prove mathematical theorems.

A look at how criminals are using unrestricted chatbots and how cyber defenders are fighting back.

If the people controlling AI are biased, the output will also be. Free speech scholar Jacob Mchangama makes the case for completely open-source AI.

"We're living in an extraordinary moment in history. We are at a moment here in 2025 where we have world historic game-changing technologies now starting to scale."

A preview of the latest novel by the Hugo- and Nebula-winning author.

"What’s happening now has, in fact, been happening since the very invention of language and writing."

Early warning signs show AI is eating into the entry-level job market — a potential harbinger of things to come.

If AI is modeled only on human intelligence, will it inherit only human ways of seeing the world?

Companies are pouring resources into AI, yet capability gaps hold employees back from using it effectively.

In this excerpt from "Governing Babel," John Wihbey explores how AI is reshaping online moderation by offering tools that can help human moderators, but also raises the risk of disinformation and digital chaos.

Behind the plateau in corporate AI lies a surge in personal and agentic use.

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

The incredible story of how the US Army began the march toward generative AI in 1943 — and what it means for your business today.

Michael Watkins likens today's AI moment to choosing between being a dinosaur facing extinction or a surfer embracing change, inviting you to join a class that enhances your skills in crafting prompts, designing human-AI systems, and inspiring others to adapt.

As generative AI sparks diverse opinions on its implications for humanity, Ethan Mollick suggests we shift our focus to understanding AI's capabilities and potential applications, emphasizing experimentation to enhance our skills and foster a responsible partnership with technology.

Despite the current excitement around generative AI, Eric Siegel highlights that machine learning has been effectively utilized in business since the mid-80s, emphasizing the importance of aligning technology with business goals to enhance efficiency and customer experience.

Philosopher Daniel Dennett offers time-tested techniques from philosophy and cognitive science to help navigate modern challenges like "fake news" and AI, emphasizing the importance of inquiry and critical thinking in uncovering the truth.