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A new generation of self-healing tools could make the U.S.'s aging power grid far more resilient against modern threats.
Every generation has faced a version of this moment — the question has never been what our tools can do, but what we choose to do with them.
The quiet transfer of human agency in the age of artificial intelligence.
Philosopher Sven Nyholm on reclaiming achievement from the machines.
A practical framework for using AI more effectively
AI is not a rupture in history, but a continuation of intelligence emerging where information becomes systematically arranged.
The deep study of friction and surfaces — so crucial to industrial manufacture — emerged from a mid-century engineering conference.
AI may be rewriting “how” we work — but not “why” we work. And this has profound implications for leadership.
Robotaxis can transform cities by improving mobile efficiency, equity, and safety — if cities adopt policies that prioritize the public good.
AI has brought a reckoning to the consulting industry — and the death knell will quickly sound for those who fail to adapt.
The case for robotaxis on the water.
Common law has long balanced innovation and accountability. Can it do the same for AI?
Rivals may try to outnumber us with fleets of cheap vessels. Our path is to out-innovate them.
Early warning signs show AI is eating into the entry-level job market — a potential harbinger of things to come.
Behind the plateau in corporate AI lies a surge in personal and agentic use.
The predictions of evolutionary theorists and current advances in “multimodal AI” offer strong clues to the future of employment.
In the post-AI startup landscape, the role of the entrepreneur will evolve from operator to orchestrator. Are you ready?
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Agentic AI pioneer Chetan Dube considers ways that everyone can be lifted by the tide of AI, not just those with the capital to leverage it.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Many expect AI to follow a familiar pattern — technological disruption followed by adaptation — but what are we losing in return?
"Gyroscope-on-a-chip" technology could soon enable us to navigate over long distances without GPS.
"Ultimately, the choice rests with each individual: whether to take the convenient route of allowing AI to handle our critical thinking, or to preserve this essential cognitive process for ourselves."
Philosopher and author Christopher DiCarlo outlines the key areas where AI continues to reshape the labor landscape.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
And can we run the grid of the future without AI?
“We can build AI scientists that are better than we are… these systems can be superhuman,” says the FutureHouse co-founder.
AI software is rapidly accelerating chip design, potentially leveling up the speed of innovation across the economy.