Can superintelligent AI be banned?

One Midwestern city wants to outlaw superintelligence. Here’s why.

Oct 14 • Mike Elgan

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No, Ukraine strikes didn’t blow up Russian disinformation on social

The narrative that Zelensky blew up Russia’s disinformation capability is a great story. Unfortunately, it just isn’t true.

Oct 12 • Mike Elgan

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Is AI conscious? Anthropic says 'maybe'

I fear it’s only a matter of time before Anthropic’s leaders have their heads tonsured, don robes and spend their days chanting in Spiralist ecstasy…

Oct 10 • Mike Elgan

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Let’s compete with China on AI social impact

Washington and Silicon Valley are obsessed with beating China in the AI race for AI supremacy. Is that really the right race?

Oct 4 • Mike Elgan

September 2026

Data centers are theft

Data centers are good. I like data centers. Theft is bad. I don’t like theft.

Sep 23

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Rogue actors are already creating bioweapons using AI - report

Terrorists and other shady characters are already creating advanced weapons using everyday AI chatbots.

Sep 11 • Mike Elgan

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Why AI-generated slopaganda works

The fact that AI can create convincing fakes is not why it’s such a powerful tool of disinformation. Other attributes matter more.

Sep 8

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August 2026

OpenAI built a safer ChatGPT, just not for you

OpenAI’s new “teen” version is an admission by the company that it knows its chatbot is harmful and knows how to make it less harmful. It also knows…

Aug 18

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AI 'productivity pollution': the hidden tax on everyone

One person's AI-fueled productivity causes extra work for everyone else. It's time to stop the delusional thinking about AI.

Aug 12

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Apple's war on OpenAI is really about who owns the Attachment Economy

Both Apple and OpenAI want to demo desktop robots this year and ship early next year. It's a race between Apple engineers who stayed and Apple engineers…

Aug 8 • Mike Elgan

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July 2026

The Friend AI Pendant is not a product

It’s part of an art project, and the “canvas” is capitalism.

Jul 30

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If AI companies avoid AI slop, shouldn't we?

AI companies expect us to consume AI-generated content, even though they themselves vastly prefer human-generated content for training AI models.

Jul 23

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