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…
By Bronwyn Howell | March 12, 2025
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…
By Clay Calvert | March 12, 2025
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…
By Bronwyn Howell | March 7, 2025
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…
By Shane Tews | March 6, 2025
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…
By John Bailey | March 4, 2025
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…
By Clay Calvert | March 4, 2025
A survey of perceptions of Artificial Intelligence in 31 countries in 2023 yields significantly less positive perceptions of the new technology in developed western economies than in emerging and non-western…
By Bronwyn Howell | February 28, 2025
Recent posts by fellow AEI scholars Klon Kitchen and Claude Barfield separately highlighted two important issues that must be considered together if the United States is to truly benefit from—and…
By Bronwyn Howell | February 28, 2025
”It is the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female.” “‘Female’ means a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive…
By Carole Hooven | February 27, 2025
Earlier today, The Washington Post reported that head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lee Zeldin, has urged the Trump administration to rescind the EPA’s 2009 “endangerment finding” on greenhouse gases. The Post reports:…
By Roger Pielke Jr. | February 27, 2025
The electricity sector is at an inflection point. The historical model of centralized, monopoly-provided electric service is under pressure from technological change, shifting market forces, evolving policy objectives, and changing…
By Lynne Kiesling | February 27, 2025
Web browsers are built for convenience—prioritizing speed, compatibility, and ease of use. But what happens when a browser isn’t for just an individual user but for an entire enterprise? In…
By Shane Tews | February 27, 2025
President Donald Trump increasingly is playing the role of information gatekeeper, striving to control access to venues—technological and physical—where important expressive activities occur. By dictating access on his terms, Trump…
By Clay Calvert | February 25, 2025
President Donald Trump increasingly is playing the role of information gatekeeper, striving to control access to venues—technological and physical—where important expressive activities occur. By dictating access on his terms, Trump…
By Clay Calvert | February 25, 2025
President Donald Trump increasingly is playing the role of information gatekeeper, striving to control access to venues—technological and physical—where important expressive activities occur. By dictating access on his terms, Trump…
By Clay Calvert | February 25, 2025