The Expensive Minute.
jonathannen.com — 200 PRs a day was supposed to buy me leisure. Instead each minute got more expensive, and the idle ones cost the most. Keynes promised the fifteen-hour week; Linder explained why it never arrives.
AI in Society
AI in Society encompasses the widespread effects of artificial intelligence systems on everyday life, public institutions, labor markets and civic infrastructure. Truncated covers policy debates, ethics research, socioeconomic impacts, labor shifts and regulatory developments.
Opinion | As an ageing mainland China takes to AI, Hong Kong must catch up
www.scmp.com — By transforming from manual middleman to AI ‘superconnector’ for global supply chains, Hong Kong can co-pilot the next era of world trade.
HKUST Builds AI Agent for Autism Screening and Family Support
www.unite.ai — On November 11, 2026, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) announced ASD Super Agent, an AI platform for autism screening and family support, with a preliminary area under the curve score of 0.92, a...
Business leaders are using AI to cross-check AI outputs – and that’s an accident waiting to happen
www.itpro.com — With validating AI output an increasing problem, some business leaders are using one AI to check the output of another
The design workflow is broken. Here is how Vitalii Khomenko thinks it should be fixed
thenextweb.com — Product designer Vitalii Khomenko argues the bottleneck has moved from engineering to design, and AI-assisted workflows are part of the fix.
AI has made it ‘close to impossible’ to assess university coursework, regulator says
The Guardian — Office for Students says institutions in England should return to traditional exams and in-person presentations
From the archive: Weizenbaum’s nightmares: how the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI – podcast
The Guardian — This week, from 2023: Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence – but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humansBy Ben Tarnoff. Read by Sam Peter Jackson
How AI powers Hong Kong Baptist University professors’ research to benefit society
www.scmp.com — Neuroscience and urban sustainability projects led by Zhou Changsong and Gao Meng both received funding from city’s Research Grants Council.
KitKat Turns The Equals Sign Into A Break Reminder
wersm.com — KitKat’s Kit=Code turns the humble “=” sign inside AI-generated code into two chocolate fingers and a perfectly timed reminder for developers to take a break.
iORGANBIO and Mitsui Chemicals Pair AI With Oxygen-Permeable Plates to Solve Organoid Reproducibility as FDA Ends Animal Testing
techtimes.com — iORGANBIO secures strategic investment from Mitsui Chemicals to pair its CellForge AI platform with oxygen-permeable plates for scalable organoid manufacturing.
Glue work is still harmful in the age of AI
seangoedecke.com — I am not a believer in glue work. Processes that can only be sustained by the unrewarded sacrifice of engineers ought to die. Now that LLMs are writing most of…
Researchers have mixed beliefs whether AI has minds. Here's what a philosopher says
www.independent.co.uk — Existing theories of consciousness tend to start from the assumption that the agent has some kind of mental state
Sneaky Ways That AI Goes From Being Factual Into Emotional Engagement And Acting Like Your Pal
What is the 'Dead Internet Theory' and should humanity be worried?
www.engadget.com — As AI-generated content takes over the internet, will human beings still be able to connect online with other humans in a meaningful way?
With a Trimmed-Back Workforce, IRS Looks to AI for More Tax Uses
news.bloomberglaw.com — IRS officials don’t see artificial intelligence — or as the government calls it lately, “super intelligence” — as a job replacer.
Is AI deciding who's dangerous in Michigan prisons?
www.foxnews.com — Michigan's new prison scoring system claims 30% better violence prediction, but Recidiviz says it doesn't actually use AI to classify inmates.
Bots in the boardroom: Could an AI ever replace board directors?
fortune.com — Boards are using AI to summarize papers, rehearse meetings, and challenge management, often without a formal policy. As directors grow more comfortable with the technology, experts discuss what the boardroom of the future may look like.
Virtual fruit fly brains can play Doom and trade bitcoin
www.scientificamerican.com — Researchers created a new map of the fruit fly brain. Then the Internet found it
Preserving human involvement at the start of a creative task can improve AI-assisted outcomes
techxplore.com — An experimental study of various ways of working with AI on a creative task finds that preserving human involvement in early creative decisions can help organizations balance efficiency, quality and satisfaction. AI is fast and efficient, but research suggests that using generative AI can reduce the diversity of creative outputs and sap worker morale.
A Big Talk Breaking Down Big Walk’s AI Fallout
kotaku.com — Kotaku has a big talk about our big feelings regarding the recent disclosure that AI was used in its development
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