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Democrats should reject tech influence to win elections, Warren says
Democrats should reject tech influence to win elections, Warren says
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) urged Democrats to put working people over rich donors.
buff.ly
January 12, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Democrats should reject tech influence to win elections, Warren says
AI hype machine relentlessly promotes the idea that we’re on the verge of creating something as intelligent as humans or superintelligence that will dwarf our own cognitive capacities. But LLMs are simply tools emulate the communicative function of language, no matter how many data centers we build.
All chatbots are large language models, the problem is that according to current neuroscience, human thinking is largely independent of language — and we have little reason to believe ever more sophisticated modeling of language will create a form of intelligence that meets or surpasses our own.
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
AI hype machine relentlessly promotes the idea that we’re on the verge of creating something as intelligent as humans or superintelligence that will dwarf our own cognitive capacities. But LLMs are simply tools emulate the communicative function of language, no matter how many data centers we build.
All chatbots are large language models, the problem is that according to current neuroscience, human thinking is largely independent of language — and we have little reason to believe ever more sophisticated modeling of language will create a form of intelligence that meets or surpasses our own.
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:59 AM
All chatbots are large language models, the problem is that according to current neuroscience, human thinking is largely independent of language — and we have little reason to believe ever more sophisticated modeling of language will create a form of intelligence that meets or surpasses our own.
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
I fear that it all comes back to the point that impatient attempts to impose change on society, create fear and resentment and thus become counter-productive to the point of destruction. We have become the victims of our own idealistic illusions. engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-c...
The crisis of progressivism
Impatient attempts to impose change on society have created fear and resentment. The West has become the victim of its idealistic illusions.
engelsbergideas.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I fear that it all comes back to the point that impatient attempts to impose change on society, create fear and resentment and thus become counter-productive to the point of destruction. We have become the victims of our own idealistic illusions. engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-c...
‘The cry “Liberty, equality, fraternity or death!” was much in vogue during the Revolution. Liberty ended by covering France with prisons, equality by multiplying titles and decorations, and fraternity by dividing us. Death alone prevailed.’ engelsbergideas.com/essays/count...
The French Revolution and the making of the Counter-Enlightenment
Three exiled French thinkers shaped the Counter-Enlightenment by turning personal upheaval and revolutionary disillusionment into a powerful intellectual response that redefined conservatism in Europe...
engelsbergideas.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:02 AM
‘The cry “Liberty, equality, fraternity or death!” was much in vogue during the Revolution. Liberty ended by covering France with prisons, equality by multiplying titles and decorations, and fraternity by dividing us. Death alone prevailed.’ engelsbergideas.com/essays/count...
While historic decolonisation is a continued reservoir of legitimacy for decolonisation talk, its inability to deliver liberation to many has created the space for so many discourses to flourish, even as they become increasingly distant from the history of decolonisation. aeon.co/essays/what-...
What is behind the explosion in talk about decolonisation? | Aeon Essays
There’s more talk of decolonisation than ever, while true independence for former colonies has faded from view. Why?
aeon.co
November 26, 2024 at 3:45 AM
While historic decolonisation is a continued reservoir of legitimacy for decolonisation talk, its inability to deliver liberation to many has created the space for so many discourses to flourish, even as they become increasingly distant from the history of decolonisation. aeon.co/essays/what-...
the evolving relationship between science and religion, an increasing willingness to question established truths and challenge inherited wisdom, a distinction between the secular and the sacred enabled the study of nature to flourish on its own terms. riseofmodernity.substack.com/p/scientific...
Scientific Revolution – A brief review of how the door to modern science was opened
a distinction between the secular and the sacred allowed scientific inquiry to break free from the constraints of theological orthodoxy, enabling the study of nature to flourish on its own terms
riseofmodernity.substack.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:20 PM
the evolving relationship between science and religion, an increasing willingness to question established truths and challenge inherited wisdom, a distinction between the secular and the sacred enabled the study of nature to flourish on its own terms. riseofmodernity.substack.com/p/scientific...
Witches, mermaids, and the philosopher’s stone may not have survived modern scrutiny, but it was curiosity about them that drove real progress and allowed early thinkers to stray from established norms. In this sense, curiosity is a kind of magic. nautil.us/how-the-occu...
How the Occult Gave Birth to Science
For scientists of yore anything—from mermaids to alchemy—was on the table.
nautil.us
November 1, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Witches, mermaids, and the philosopher’s stone may not have survived modern scrutiny, but it was curiosity about them that drove real progress and allowed early thinkers to stray from established norms. In this sense, curiosity is a kind of magic. nautil.us/how-the-occu...
if government by the people is a goal, the people ought to do the governing. www.newyorker.com/news/the-fut...
Politics Without Politicians
The political scientist Hélène Landemore asks, If government is for the people, why can’t the people do the governing?
www.newyorker.com
July 4, 2024 at 7:36 AM
if government by the people is a goal, the people ought to do the governing. www.newyorker.com/news/the-fut...