by Starlette Thomas | Aug 24, 2026 | Opinion
Racism is adapting to modern technology with systemic forms of prejudice embedded in digital algorithms. It’s called techno-racism, which means the search results aren’t promising. Because human-generated training data is often skewed and shaped by exclusion, systems...
by Craig Nash | Jul 28, 2026 | Analysis
In the crowded and chaotic daily news cycle, with various stories competing for our attention, the subject of data centers has been humming in the background for some time. Though it only occasionally breaks into the national news during brief windows of time between...
by Sean Palmer | Jun 2, 2026 | Opinion
AI is a powerful tool. I use it to brainstorm, plan my week, and find it to be a fabulous research assistant. I do not pretend otherwise, and I do not feel the need to apologize for it. The tool is useful. It gives me back hours I would rather spend with my wife, or...
by Starlette Thomas | May 18, 2026 | Opinion
I am not afraid of a labor-replacing future. Instead, I repeat the anti-capitalist refrain: “I have no dream job; I do not dream of labor.” I dream of creating art in all its forms—not to be consumed but relished. I dream of moving slowly and not in blocks of time...
by Starlette Thomas | May 11, 2026 | Opinion
I want to delete all my social media accounts. From AI-powered bots to AI slop, I’ve had my fill of the integration of artificial intelligence, which is a misnomer since it lacks genuine consciousness. Without any discussion or my vote, the adoption has been rapid....
