Multipolar World
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From the ‘Brussels Effect’ to the ‘Beijing Effect’ in AI
Legal scholar Anu Bradford argues that, despite its many challenges, the European Union remains an influential superpower capable of shaping the world through what ... -
Superintelligence under suspicion
The television series “Person of Interest” offers a warning about artificial intelligence that reaches beyond science fiction. Across five seasons, its conflict between Harold ... -
Western and Chinese AI: Who decides what’s forbidden?
Ask an artificial intelligence chatbot a difficult question, and its refusal may tell you as much about its creators as any answer could. Large ... -
Musk’s ‘bright future’ of post-scarcity
Elon Musk offers an enticing future: artificial intelligence and robotics will produce so much that everyone can enjoy a high income without working. Even ... -
Chess, Go and the struggle for global supply chains
The contest between China and the West is often described through tariffs, sanctions and technological breakthroughs. But its logic may be easier to understand ... -
Rogue AI agents on the loose
The evolution of language models into autonomous artificial intelligence agents — able to use tools, execute code and browse the web independently — has ... -
Hassabis, realistic AGI and rosy tomorrows
In 2020, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper unveiled AlphaFold2, an artificial intelligence model capable of predicting the structure of virtually every known protein. Widely ... -
Europe should follow China’s AI diffusion model
The global debate over artificial intelligence has been dominated by an arms-race mentality focused on the technological frontier. The United States and Silicon Valley ... -
Power of Siberia 2 and Russia’s growing dependence on China
For years, Russia has portrayed its strategic “pivot to Asia” as proof that it can successfully replace European markets with Asian demand. Few projects ... -
Anthropic discovers that if, someone builds ASI, we all die
For years, warnings about artificial intelligence threatening humanity were dismissed as science fiction. Today, they are coming from some of the very people building ... -
The end of the traditional human era
We may be living through the final chapter of humanity as it has existed for thousands of years. This does not mean biological extinction. ... -
The Chinese economy strategic impasse
China’s economy is undergoing one of the most difficult transitions in its modern history. The old growth model – driven by massive real estate ... -
AI and Europe’s structural transition in education
Europe is entering a new era – and a profound shift in paradigm. For decades, humanity used machines to help build the world. Now, ... -
The etymology of Mandarin for the spoken Chinese language
In Imperial China, at least from the time of the Ming dynasty, guanhuà – literally “the language of officials” – became the standard language ... -
The AI layoff trap
It is worth reflecting on a recent study by Brett Hemenway Falk and Gerry Tsoukalas of Boston University, which highlights what they call “the ... -
How anti-immigration policy could cost the US its AI leadership
The Stanford HAI AI Index Report 2026 was recently released – a document that deserves close attention. One finding stands out: “the number of ... -
Why China rejects spheres of influence
The Trump administration revived rhetoric built on the idea of a world divided into spheres of influence, echoing the Monroe Doctrine and reasserting ambitions ... -
Europe’s exposure to the ‘Hormuz Shock’
Europe’s exposure to the current closure by Iran of the Strait of Hormuz (“Hormuz Shock”) is significant, chiefly because it strikes at the heart ... -
Teens and young adults are driving demand for online abortion pills
Teens in the U.S. are obtaining medication abortion pills through telehealth, and young people age 18 to 24 are ordering medication abortion at much ... -
Banning legal personhood for AI
The ability to act autonomously has led some to argue that AI agents should be granted legal personhood. The law already recognizes “legal persons” ... -
US zero-sum geopolitics, the attack on Iran, and the hyperscalers
Traditionally, the liberal international order led by the United States and the European Union after the collapse of the USSR and the failure of ... -
AGI and Jonas Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000
Although achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) – intelligence comparable to humans across a wide range of domains – has become a priority for some ... -
High technology, low carbon and security in China’s 15th Five-Year Plan
These days, Beijing is hosting the “Two Sessions” (the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference), where the most important event ... -
The AI financial Ouroboros
Last Friday, OpenAI announced it had raised $110 billion in its latest funding round; Amazon invested $50 billion, Nvidia $30 billion and SoftBank $30 ... -
The SaaSpocalypse of February 2026
In the first six weeks of 2026, the S&P 500 Software & Services Index saw nearly $1 trillion in market value evaporate. On February ... -
The inevitable proliferation of nuclear weapons
Last Thursday marked the expiration of New START, the last remaining bilateral agreement – between Russia, with 5,459 nuclear warheads, and the United States, ... -
Tesla and the promise of Radiant Tomorrows
Tesla’s price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio currently stands at around 283.5 (380, according to Gemini, and 400, according to MarketWatch) – far higher than that of ... -
Sell US Treasury Bonds!
Donald Trump’s continued insistence that the United States should annex Greenland triggered a strong condemnation from European governments. Trump responded by threatening to impose ... -
The miraculous AGI
Artificial general intelligence (AGI) – which can be understood as the point at which a machine is capable of performing any intellectual task a ... -
What if AI doesn’t generate profits?
In a recent article, we saw how excessive debt, when not matched by an adequate equity ratio or by income generated within the timeframe ... -
Selling Ukraine for a handful of rubles
Several newspapers report that U.S. companies and investors with close ties to Donald Trump have already begun negotiations to acquire assets or jointly exploit ... -
The (dis)advantages of data centers
Over the past decade, we have seen rapid growth in data centers – whether for cloud data storage, cryptocurrency mining, or the development of ... -
Pessimism forbidden
In most countries, posting “life is crap” on social media gets you a sympathy emoji or, at worst, silence. In China, it can now ... -
The privatization of political power in the United States
The significant influence that major corporations exert on American politics is well known, from funding extremely expensive electoral campaigns to spending fortunes on lobbying ... -
Current AI risks
Beyond the future risks associated with general artificial intelligence (AI) and superintelligent AIs, there are current threats that are seldom discussed — yet deserve ...
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