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What smart people are saying about the AI apocalypse and calls to slow everything down
It took the possibility of species annihilation, but AI leaders did something remarkable this weekend: They reached a consensus. After ex-Anthropic engineer Jacob Coxon’s warnings about a looming AI armageddon lit a firestorm among techies and politicians alike, the leaders of the most advanced AI…
Really? Palantir cofounder on AI’s threat: ‘We’re on top of it’
Everything’s fine! Take it from the cofounder of Palantir. In an X post on Saturday, Joe Lonsdale brushed aside the salient worry that advanced AI systems could cause mass human extinction, a concern that numerous engineers and leaders from frontier AI labs have raised in recent days and weeks…
My partner and I split our lives between the US and Canada — and have no plans to pick just one place
For a week every month, I take a two-and-a-half-hour flight from Chicago to Winnipeg, Canada. That might sound surprising: It’s a lot of time to spend in the air, and Chicago has so much to offer. However, I’ve been in a long-distance relationship with my Canadian partner, Andrew, for over two…
A 43-year-old with colon cancer used AI in 3 ways to help make treatment a little easier
Russ Read-Barrow has been living with incurable stage four colon cancer for five years. The 43-year-old former PR director and father of two from the UK was diagnosed with the disease in 2021. After seeing blood in his poop around six times over the course of a few weeks, he got a colonoscopy. With…
I’ve spent 20 years caring for 5 loved ones. At 54, I feel like I’m still waiting for my own life to begin.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Laura Lee Ehrlich, 54, who lives on Long Island. Ehrlich has cared for five older loved ones over the last two decades and gave up her job to be a more present caregiver. It’s come at a cost to her savings and emotional well-being. This interview
I started a real estate brokerage at 26 and am nearing $1 billion in deals. I have no work-life balance and still knock on doors.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jordan Karp, 30, founder and CEO of Jordan Karp LLC, a real estate brokerage in South Florida. Karp started his own brokerage at 26 years old and has nearly reached $1 billion in transaction volume. The following has been edited for length and…
Grandma’s 72 and still working to support her children — and theirs
Joann Ernst, 72, shook her head as her older grandson decapitated an action figure. The other laid out puzzle pieces in a line, surrounded by a sea of toys. “You have to put all the Play-Doh back in the container so it doesn’t dry out,” Ernst called out to the 5- and 7-year olds. Ernst
YouTuber Markiplier’s movie made over $50 million. Here’s his advice for creators looking to level up.
YouTuber Markiplier thinks more creators can break into Hollywood without giving up control. The 37-year-old put it to the test earlier this year, when he wrote, directed, and starred in the film “Iron Lung.” He funded the movie’s low 7-figure budget himself, and it became a box-office hit that…
Read the memo: PwC US is planning big changes to its offshore structure in India
PwC US is overhauling its offshore delivery structure in India, bringing its local operations closer to PwC India’s consulting business. The US firm and PwC India plan to form a new joint venture that will merge PwC US’s India-based offshoring hubs — known as Acceleration Centers, or ACs — with PwC…
A laid-off Grubhub worker created a tracker to help others find jobs. 18 months later, recruiters are learning from it.
Irvin Thevaranjan was blindsided by his layoff. The day before, the head of governance risk and controls at delivery service Grubhub had a stellar performance review with his boss, who told him that he had lots of opportunities in front of him at the company. Less than a day later, though, he found…