Uber Says AI Is Writing More Code and Slowing Hiring Growth

The US Doesn't Have An Oil Problem - It Has A Refinery Problem One of the enduring weaknesses of the modern US economy is the lack of redundancy.  As long as most of the world is operating normally and there are no serious geopolitical disruptions, America's "just in time" system works fine.  But, throw a monkey-wrench into distribution, global exports, freight systems, shipping or elements of production and cracks quickly form in the armor.   This does not mean that the US economy can't adapt; the pandemic shutdowns were horrifically pointless but...

Columbia Professor Wins Award For Book On 'White Paint' Being Racist Authored by Micaiah Bilger via The College Fix, Among the many woke winners of this year's prestigious National Book Awards is a black Columbia University professor whose screed attacks "white paint" as racist. Professor Wendy Walters' new book, "A Dead White: An Argument Against White Paint," claims that white paint is not the "neutral" architectural design element that it initially appears to be. Instead, she "interrogates all that we have taken for granted about the substance that colors, or fails to color,...

CEO Warns The 2028 Election Will Be A Brutal Referendum On This One Thing Some of Silicon Valley's biggest AI boosters are warning that artificial intelligence could become a defining issue in the 2028 presidential election as voters grow increasingly uneasy about the massive infrastructure buildout needed to power the technology. Box CEO Aaron Levie told the Andreessen Horowitz podcast that the next presidential contest could effectively become an "AI election," forcing candidates to confront growing public anxiety surrounding the technology. "The next election will 100% be a referendum on AI," Levie...