Written by Kent McClelland, Professor of Sociology, Emeritus. June 20, 2026. No GenAI tools have been used in writing this article. AI visionaries forecast the eventual development (always a couple of years away) of superintelligent agents that can program themselves and pursue their own goals. Some people feel a shiver of excitement at the …
admin Humans, AI, and the Long Horizon: Preserving What Makes Us Uniquely Human
The greatest irony of human intelligence: intelligence was never the point. Written by Jonathan Colby The story of human progress has long been defined by our ability to invent, to innovate, and to stretch the boundaries of knowledge. For decades, conventional wisdom held that a strong STEM education was the key …