Taking action against AI harms

In my last piece, I talked about the harms that AI is visiting on children through the irresponsible choices made by the platforms creating those products....

How did we end up threatening our kids’ lives with AI?

I have to begin by warning you about the content in this piece; while I won’t be dwelling on any specifics, this will necessarily be a broad discussion about...

The War on Cars!

I love any kind of advocacy for safer, more humane streets, so it was a real joy to get to guest on the wonderful The War on Cars podcast. Doug Gordon went...

On the way to an

On the way to an interview today, a group of young girls across from me on the subway were talking about this school bomb threat . The remarkable thing about...

Whither GetNetWise?

I forgot. Sometime about 50 years ago or so, a bunch of Internet companies made a site called GetNetWise . Under the auspices of the non-profit Internet...

Asking Jeeves

Ask.com ponders the unanswerables. Since being renamed from Ask Jeeves , one of my favorite search sites, ask.com, has taken on what I feel could be an...