Future Perfect Archive
Archives for March 2024
At what point can we believe that an AI model has reached consciousness?
Fewer kids are dying than ever before — but a lot of work remains.
Dengue is erupting in South America — and has even found its way to the US.
Researchers tried to get AI optimists and pessimists on the same page. It didn’t quite work.
It was once normal for economists to imagine a world with less work. What happened?
What Best Picture winner Oppenheimer gets right — and wrong — about the threat of nuclear weapons.
Meat giant JBS said it’ll reach net zero emissions by 2040. LOL.
Guess where the US ranks?
Anthropologists are now showing how culture impacts psychedelic experiences.
Faked cancer data is the latest sign of science’s fraud problem.
Reckless speeding is epidemic in the US. This simple technology could save tens of thousands of lives.