Archive - Data Taboo

Paper Review: The AI Scientist

Computer science research is all fun and games until someone goes to jail.

Aug 28 •

July 2024

Book Review: The Anxious Generation

Is technology leading to an epidemic of mental illness?

Jul 23 •

March 2024

Response to the comments on Two-Parent Privilege

Answers to your questions.

Mar 23 •

Book Review: "The Two-Parent Privilege"

An economist looks at the surge of single parent families.

Mar 5 •

January 2024

2024 Predictions

Twelve predictions on AI and culture.

Jan 1 •

September 2023

Modeling p(doom) with TrojanGDP

How long will ape derived brains remain dominant?

Sep 22, 2023 •

July 2023

Forecasting the College Enrollment Gender Gap

Will male enrollment continue to decline?

Jul 26, 2023 •

June 2023

Journalism in the Age of Many-to-Many Communication

A review of Batya Ungar-Sargon's book, 'Bad News.'

Jun 11, 2023 •

May 2023

Is Bisexuality a Political Statement?

After the 2016 presidential election, a massive surge of liberal young women began identifying as bisexual. But won't have sex with other women.

May 10, 2023 •

Interview with David Auerbach and Review of 'Meganets'

A lot of people are worried that AI will take over the world, but Auerbach’s new book raises the specter of a different threat: what if we’ve already…

May 7, 2023 •

March 2023

Forecasting Authoritarian and Sovereign Power uses of Large Language Models

What will the Chinese Communist Party do with a Large Language Model?

Mar 13, 2023 •

February 2023

Postmodern Faith and Police Violence

Tyre Nichols’ brutal killing highlights how woke oppressor-oppressed narratives determine the tragedy of Nichols' death not by the skin color of the…

Feb 5, 2023 •

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