Future Perfect Archive
Archives for October 2024
OpenAI’s transition isn’t what you think. The stakes are tens of billions of dollars — and the future of AI.
These marketplaces are the backbone of the meat industry, where cruelty to animals is the norm.
Is it a problem that people are betting on Trump v. Harris?
Preventing the disease can improve the quality of life for thousands.
A groundbreaking study suggests your farmed shrimp and salmon might have a much bigger environmental toll than previously thought.
The world really is getting better. So why don’t people believe it?
A new book explores the world of tax havens and techno-utopias, and asks if they can be used for good.
Experts think they’ve cracked the code for how to actually convert empty office buildings into affordable housing.
Animal models of autism haven’t helped autistic people enough. So why do scientists still use them?
My faith gave me my moral values. I want my child to have those — without all the stuff I don’t believe in.
AI is here to stay and the Nobels know it.
Did they actually figure out why nations fail?
The 11 policies that could help the cities of the future.
The human mind is designed to predict, but uncertainty helps us thrive.
The public did not consent to artificial general intelligence.