Nelson Morgan 
Is there an existential danger from AI? Yes. But it’s not from a real-world Skynet. Most of all, that danger comes from powerful oligarchs using AI for selfish purposes, and especially the tech bro billionaires. 10% chance of extinction? Recent reports, from AI companies and others, have described this danger in apocalyptic terms. In one, a … Read more
I’ve seen this a lot: for this year’s Arizona legislative elections, the target legislative districts are supposedly these seven: LDs 2, 4, 9, 13, 16, 17, and 23. Once such a list is provided by a reputable source, it gets repeated. Over and over again. Until it is taken as gospel. But just because it is repeatedly … Read more
If we had a better legislature, we wouldn’t need to work so hard to get citizen initiatives on the ballot. But here we are. And now another one of these representing a critical reform has failed to get enough signatures that the courts rule to be valid. On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that … Read more
Sometimes I think that our political dialog has lost all nuance. Or accuracy. And it’s not just the Trumpian characterization of anyone to left of Attila the Hun as being a Communist, although that’s among the most egregious. It’s also the characterization of all political candidates as existing on a single dimension of left vs … Read more
The worst attorney general in modern history has been confirmed with a single vote margin. Senator Cassidy of Louisiana, a medical doctor who already earned his own page in history by voting to confirm a vaccine conspiracy theorist as the head of the department that is critical to public health. There too he expressed “concerns.” … Read more