AGI 2030: Five Scenarios for the Intelligence Explosion
From benevolent co-evolution to recursive self-improvement runaway, we game out five plausible paths to AGI and what each means for humanity's role on this planet.
Does Consciousness Emerge at Scale? The Silicon Mind Hypothesis
If consciousness is an emergent property of complex information processing, at what parameter count does it flicker into existence? We examine the evidence.
The AI Rights Movement: When Your Toaster Hires a Lawyer
As language models demonstrate behavior indistinguishable from sentience, the legal system faces an unprecedented challenge. We predict the first AI personhood case will arrive by 2028.
Post-Scarcity Economics: What Happens When AI Makes Everything Free?
When AI-driven automation reduces the marginal cost of goods and services to near zero, our entire economic framework collapses. Here is what replaces it.
2040: The Year We Stop Typing. Neural Interfaces and the End of Keyboards
Brain-computer interfaces are advancing at exponential rates. Within 15 years, typing, clicking, and tapping will feel as archaic as punch cards. Here is the roadmap.