The Age of AI

The Age of AI

I recently watched the movie, Oppenheimer, and I am now reading the book, American Prometheus.  One inescapable message presents itself: We have been living in the Atomic Age for almost 100 years. Some will think it premature to say that we are entering a new Age, the...
New Nuclear Power

New Nuclear Power

We all know that the first attempts to harness nuclear energy for electricity have gone awry in Russia, Japan, and here in the United States. However, smaller and more efficient nuclear reactors using different and more advanced technology are on the horizon. As a...
The American Prometheus

The American Prometheus

The American Prometheus is a recent biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer. The movie Oppenheimer comes out in Imax on Friday. I am looking forward to reading the book and watching the film. The title of the book makes an appropriate allusion to Prometheus, the mythical...
The Uncanny Valley

The Uncanny Valley

Most kids have an app to distort human faces into bunny rabbits or trolls. They find it amusing and they may be doing themselves a favor. They are desensitizing themselves to a real problem that we will all face in the very near future, the Uncanny Valley. The Uncanny...
The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the US finished up a session with three significant decisions, each of which will be discussed briefly below. First, however, take a look at the cartoon above which accurately depicts the current situation with a slightly more conservative and...