by Isaac Cubillos | May 21, 2026 | AI
There was a time when the scariest thing most Americans thought a computer could do was crash and take your term paper with it. Now the people building artificial intelligence are using phrases like “the foothills of the singularity,” and half the country is nodding...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 21, 2026 | AI
There was a time in America when “all you can eat” meant exactly that. You paid your $6.99 at Sizzler, loosened your belt two notches, and marched back for another helping of fried shrimp nobody could quite identify. The business model worked because most folks tapped...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 20, 2026 | AI
Most people think a data center gets built like this: Google buys some land, pours concrete, installs servers, and starts running AI. Simple. Except that’s usually not what happens at all. Modern AI data centers are more like giant industrial ecosystems involving...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 19, 2026 | Journal
The AI companies are finally starting to tell us the truth. Not directly, of course. Nobody in Silicon Valley wakes up and says: “Good morning shareholders, today we begin construction on the digital equivalent of steel mills and oil refineries.” But the truth is...
by Isaac Cubillos | May 18, 2026 | Journal
That’s the uncomfortable part. Not because their concerns are wrong. A lot of them are absolutely right. The power demands are enormous. The water consumption is real. The strain on local infrastructure is real. And yes, your electric bill may very well help pay for...
