AI seems to be well on its way to becoming pervasive. You hear rumbles of AI being used, somewhere behind the scenes, at your doctor’s office. You suspect it may have played a role in hiring decisions during your last job search. Sometimes – maybe even often – you use it yourself.
And yet, while AI now influences high-stakes...
I wrap up my workday and head for home, making a quick stop to grab the supplies my sixth grader needs for a project due this week and some ingredients for a quick dinner.
Once home, I check the sixth grader’s school website and discover a missing assignment. Bringing this up sparks a minor meltdown. I summon the emotional energy to...
New technologies usually follow the technology adoption life cycle[1]. Innovators and early adopters rush to embrace new technologies[2], while laggards and skeptics jump in much later.
At first glance, it looks like artificial intelligence is following the same pattern, but a new crop of studies suggests that AI might follow a different...
Outdoor lighting for buildings, roads and advertising can help people see in the dark of night, but many astronomers are growing increasingly concerned that these lights could be blinding us to the rest of the universe.
An estimate from 2023[1] showed that the rate of human-produced light is increasing in the night sky by as much as 10%...