It’s more than likely we’ll face another pandemic in the future. So what can we learn from COVID?
Carl Natale
Web editor for SunJournal.com
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
How the Carolina wildfires are, perversely, good news for California
To address the most important point up front: The wildfires currently spreading across North and South Carolina are tragic. Thousands of acres have been burned by hundreds of fires since Saturday, taking property and placing livelihoods at risk. There are no reports of fire-driven deaths, as yet, but evacuations have been ordered and emergency declarations […]
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How California can rebuild safer, more resilient cities after wildfires without pricing out workers
It starts with better building policies that recognize future risks, but there are many other important steps.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
The L.A. fire recovery effort: Colliding egos, ambitions and financing
Promises to unify and work together to rebuild a wide swath of the Los Angeles region after January’s fires have given way to a far messier reality.
Posted inNation / World, News, Politics
Divided Supreme Court reinstates order requiring Trump administration to release frozen foreign aid
A sharply divided Supreme Court has rejected a Trump administration push to rebuke a federal judge who imposed a quick deadline to release billions of dollars in foreign aid
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
American workers are skeptical AI will help them on the job
A new study finds few Americans are using AI at work and that they’re pessimistic about the technology on the job.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
Generative AI is most useful for the things we care about the least
The technology is always on call and is quite competent. But it lacks the contemplation and attention to detail that yield great works of art.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
AIs flunk language test that takes grammar out of the equation
Humans understand that ‘red ball’ makes sense but ‘ball red’ does not. Large language models? Not so much.
Posted inOpinion, Perspective
What’s the down side of using algorithms to sell products and brands
Research on artificial intelligence in marketing overwhelmingly neglects its potential negative consequences, a new study finds.