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Why Your Next Coworker Might Be an AI Agent
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AEIdeas

Why Your Next Coworker Might Be an AI Agent

A number of leading AI CEOs, including Sam Altman, have suggested that 2025 will mark a transition from AI systems like ChatGPT, which answer questions, to AI agents capable of performing…

Trump vs. The Press
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AEIdeas

Trump vs. The Press

It’s time to push back against Donald Trump’s efforts to target, silence, and punish—via lawsuits, access restrictions, and exertions of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulatory authority—press entities that oppose and…

The Spectrum Exchange: Networks, Security, and Innovation (with Peter Rysavy)
Podcast

The Spectrum Exchange: Networks, Security, and Innovation (with Peter Rysavy)

Amid debates over spectrum allocation, critical questions about national security, communication infrastructure, and connectivity continue to take center stage. What does spectrum sharing involve? How does spectrum sharing enhance the…

“In Bad Faith”
Article
The Honest Broker

“In Bad Faith”

The DC Court that heard the defaation case brought by climate scientist Michael Mann against two bloggers has ruled today that Mann and his lawyers acted in “bad faith” during the case,…

WEIRD Reactions to Privacy Regulation
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AEIdeas

WEIRD Reactions to Privacy Regulation

In my last blog, I discussed the effects of WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic) psychology on attitudes toward Artificial Intelligence (AI). WEIRD societies have been shown to demonstrate very different…

Look Who’s Jawboning Now: The FCC
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AEIdeas

Look Who’s Jawboning Now: The FCC

When attorney Robert Corn-Revere vents his views about issues affecting the First Amendment’s guarantees of free speech and press, it’s wise to attend. Currently chief counsel for the Foundation for Individual Rights…

How To Get Rid of a Tenured Professor
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Reason

How To Get Rid of a Tenured Professor

I was a tenured full professor at the University of Colorado Boulder for almost 24 years. At the end of 2024, I left. Officially, it was a voluntary departure. But I…

Welcome to the Era of Energy Realism
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The Honest Broker

Welcome to the Era of Energy Realism

Every year for the past 15 years, JP Morgan publishes an outstanding annual energy report by Michael Cembalest. Last week JP Morgan published its 2025 edition and today I share five important figures…

WEIRD Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence—And Its Regulation?
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AEIdeas

WEIRD Attitudes Toward Artificial Intelligence—And Its Regulation?

The pioneering work of psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, alongside behavioral economists Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein and practitioners such as Lord Mervyn King, leaves little doubt that individuals—when making decisions in the face of uncertainty—act a little…

Design Mandate Proposals Threaten American AI Leadership
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AEIdeas

Design Mandate Proposals Threaten American AI Leadership

Scholars often cite the 1984 Betamax case as a pivotal moment in the development of modern American tech policy. The entertainment industry sought to prohibit Sony from selling its videocassette…

Rebuilding the Transatlantic Tech Alliance: Why Innovation, Not Regulation, Should Guide the Way
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AEIdeas

Rebuilding the Transatlantic Tech Alliance: Why Innovation, Not Regulation, Should Guide the Way

As artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and digital infrastructure reshape global power dynamics, the relationship between the United States and the European Union stands at a critical crossroads. Yet the EU’s…

Like Silicon from Clay: A Book Event with Michael M. Rosen
EventJournal Publication

Like Silicon from Clay: A Book Event with Michael M. Rosen

Event Summary On March 4, AEI’s Matthew Continetti and Michael M. Rosen gathered to discuss Mr. Rosen’s new book, Like Silicon from Clay: What Ancient Jewish Wisdom Can Teach Us…

Climate Misinformation from the United Nations
Article
The Honest Broker

Climate Misinformation from the United Nations

I was speaking to a non-US non-climate beat reporter yesterday about undeniable issues of scientific integrity in climate science and he asked a question about the climate science community that…

Why AI Struggles with Basic Math (and How That’s Changing)
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AEIdeas

Why AI Struggles with Basic Math (and How That’s Changing)

Large Language Models (LLMs) have ushered in a new era of artificial intelligence (AI) demonstrating remarkable capabilities in language generation, translation, and reasoning. Yet, LLMs often stumble over basic math…

Internet Expression: Yesteryear’s Supreme Court Rhetoric Meets Roberts’s Reality Check
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AEIdeas

Internet Expression: Yesteryear’s Supreme Court Rhetoric Meets Roberts’s Reality Check

Chief Justice John Roberts’ 2024 year-end report about the federal judiciary garnered significant mainstream news attention because of its focus on threats to both judicial independence and individual jurists. A Wall Street Journal headline crisply captured the…