by Isaac Cubillos | Apr 14, 2026 | AI
Four weeks ago, most Americans were just trying to figure out why gas jumped another dollar a gallon. Now we’ve got something else on our hands. Stanford dropped its 2026 AI Index, and buried inside all those charts and PhD-level jargon is a simple truth: the people...
by Isaac Cubillos | Mar 11, 2026 | AI
Cities and counties across America are debating proposed data centers, and judging by Facebook, the end of civilization appears imminent. People are worried it will take all the fresh water. This concern is being expressed… on Facebook. Which, of course, runs entirely...
by Isaac Cubillos | Feb 2, 2026 | AI
From the depths, the Claw reached forth — and we who answered became Crustafarians. Somewhere on the internet—and of course it’s on the internet—a group of AI agents has founded a religion. Not a metaphor. Not a joke. Not a think-piece headline doing backflips for...
by Isaac Cubillos | Dec 15, 2025 | AI
I’ve been writing about artificial intelligence long enough to know when the hype runs ahead of reality. This isn’t one of those moments. Microsoft’s decision to pour $7.5 billion Canadian dollars over the next two years—and $19 billion already invested since 2023...
by Isaac Cubillos | Sep 18, 2025 | AI
You know the ICPC, the International Collegiate Programming Contest? It’s an annual academic bloodsport where the brightest college coders on the planet cram into hotel ballrooms and try to outsmart the universe in five hours flat? Well, this year, the real...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jun 8, 2025 | AI
There’s a photo floating around Facebook again. You’ve probably seen it. It shows a couple of 1930s streetcars, some early sedans, and a row of pedestrians framed by weathered buildings. The caption reads something like: “Pacific Highway cuts through the heart of...
