Perilous Tech

Risks at the Intersection of Technology and Humanity

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It says much about our current moment that “slop” is Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year. Seems mediocrity is having a moment. In this moment, a delusion has taken hold, centered on AI and the future of work: the AI creativity delusion. For the past couple of years, companies and influencers have told us the …

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In the current landscape of technology hype, technological immodesty underpins everything. Hype trumps everything else, meaning systems can’t be just good at one thing. They need to be good at everything. Systems can’t just be capable. They need to be superintelligent. Once this happens, imagine all of the amazing things they’ll do! We don’t have …

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Humans are incredibly creative, especially when it comes to wasting time. Throughout the ages, we’ve explored time-wasting with zeal, inventing new methods and distractions to pass the time and avoid contemplation. In the current age, that tool is generative AI. Generative AI has transformed not into an indispensable productivity tool, but into a babysitter. While …

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AI security is a hot topic in the world of cybersecurity. If you don’t believe me, a brief glance at LinkedIn uncovers that everyone is an AI security expert now. This is why we end up with overly complex and sometimes nonsensical recommendations regarding the topic. But in the bustling market of thought leadership and …

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The past couple of years have been fueled entirely by vibes. Awash with nonsensical predictions and messianic claims that AI has come to deliver us from our tortured existence. Starting shortly after the launch of ChatGPT, internet prophets have claimed that we are merely six months away from major impacts and accompanying unemployment. GPT-5 was …

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Weaved through the fabric of the hustle-bro culture, threaded with the drivel of influencers, lies one of the biggest cons of our current age. This is the false perception that everything we do has to be for some financial gain or public attention. With everything in life revolving around social currency or actual currency, removing …

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What’s the effect of exposing children to AI at a very young age? Well, we are about to find out. President Trump signed an executive order called Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education For American Youth, and, in the face of the other executive orders pushed by the administration, it may be tempting to consider this order …

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One of the oft-repeated talking points erupting from the mouths of futurists and tech leaders alike is claiming that things will cost nothing in the future. As if we are to believe all of these people are in the business of making something for nothing. The entire claim is a gross absurdity that charlatans like …

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One constant throughout the generative AI craze is summarization. Why read a book, listen to a podcast, or YouTube video… Just summarize it! Large swaths of content, distilled into several bullet points with countless hours saved. However, this isn’t the utopia many claim. We all love a good shortcut. Humans are wired for them. This …

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In just a few short years, we’ll not only have achieved AGI but live in a world of abundance. Physical goods will be so cheap that they’ll basically be free, and we’ll be able to 3D print anything we’d like. One can only assume with their free 3D printer. We’ll connect our brains to the …

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