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A Totally Scientific* Guide to Robot Roommates

Oh, wonderful people of 2025! You're probably sitting there right now, eagerly awaiting your new robot butler to arrive from Amazon Prime Robotic Delivery.  After all, that's what all those AI prophets promised us, right? A humanoid helper…

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Don't Be Evil... (But We'll Try Not To): The Jarvis Project

The tech giant that brought you things like "Don't be evil" (remember that?) and the ability to find out how many licks it takes to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop (spoiler alert: it's way more than three), is abou…

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The AI Revolution 2.0: When Your Computer Finally Gets Off The Couch

"Alexa, turn on the lights!" - "Playing 'Light My Fire' by The Doors."   Well, get ready for the next level of technological confusion, because here comes Agentic AI, the personal assistant that doesn't just misunde…

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The Robot Revolution: How Japan is Teaching AI to Bow Correctly

Let me tell you about a country that's trying to teach artificial intelligence proper table manners.  Yes, I'm talking about Japan, where they're not just worried about whether AI will take over the world – they're worried about whet…

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Help Wanted in 2025: No Coffee Breaks Required - The AI Assistant Revolution

You know what's funny about the future? It's not quite what we imagined. We thought we'd have flying cars by now, but instead we got AI that can order groceries for us. I mean, sure, it's not as flashy as a hover-convertible, but ha…

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The Great AI Illusion: When Humans Play Robot

A world where magical machines do everything for us - from driving cars to autonomeous making money - while we humans sit back and sip our artisanal oat milk lattes.  Sounds like a Silicon Valley wet dream, right? Well, because the reality of artif…

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The Economic productivity gains through artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence has been shown to deliver large performance gains in selected economic activities, but its aggregate impact remains debated. This column discusses a micro-to-macro framework to assess the aggregate productivity gains from AI …

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