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Moshe Grussgott

Oct 19, 2026, 1:28 AM

The Nezek and Nonsense of NAZA

The Nezek of NAZA The documentary NAZA, about civilian casualties in Gaza, infamously received a Stalin-esque 25 minutes standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival last month. I use the term “Stalin-esque” not only to describe the length of...

Oct 19, 2026, 12:21 AM

Figuring Out AI: Two Axes, Two Systems, Two Environments

Illuminating AI

By Joe Nalven + Claude + Gemini A Note for Those Asking What AI Is People who ask "What is AI?" usually expect a single answer. There is no single answer. "AI" is a name for a family of computer systems...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Oct 18, 2026, 2:06 PM

French Hack – Rotten Milk and 3d Largest Economy.

The Three Largest Economies in the World: America, China… and Cybercrime When hackers turned French supermarket freezers into ovens, they exposed a frightening reality: the world's digital infrastructure is increasingly connected, yet insufficiently protected. Artificial intelligence is making the problem...

Oct 18, 2026, 11:35 AM

A person should own the algorithm: Watching ‘The Social Reckoning’ with my son

Michael Herman speaks at a campus rally. (Courtesy of Aaron Herman)

My 8th grader joined social media to fight antisemitism. When we saw the new film about Facebook, I discovered he understands something Mark Zuckerberg has forgotten

Vincent James Hooper

Oct 17, 2026, 4:54 PM

The Awl and the Doorpost

In 1920 a Czech playwright had trouble with a word. Karel Čapek had written a play about manufactured workers and had been calling them labori, after the Latin for labour. It sounded too bookish. His brother Josef, a painter,...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Oct 17, 2026, 9:19 AM

Children need more than parental controls

What psychology, Islamic teaching, and age-appropriate guidance can tell us about raising children in a digital world. A child receives a tablet. The parent sees books, lessons, games, and a way to call grandparents. The child enters an environment of...

Richard Diamond

Oct 16, 2026, 7:31 PM

Superintelligence Is an Idol, and Torah Is the Harness It Cannot Write

Image by Gemini

Calling artificial intelligence “superintelligence” is not a harmless marketing flourish. "Superintelligence" promotes a dangerous form of idolatry by elevating human-made tools above their creators. It declares a human-made artifact superior to its makers, and that is the structure of idolatry...

Oct 15, 2026, 10:51 PM

Paleolithic Minds, Algorithmic World: What Pulp Sci-Fi Teaches Us About AI

Beware The AI Spin

By Joe Nalven + Claude + Gemini Oct 15, 2026 Why am I writing this essay? I’ve been annoyed with the doom and boom discussions of AI technology. As if we can separate what it does from what we are doing...

Maximillian Hollander

Oct 15, 2026, 7:28 PM

Like the Tower of Babel, AI Isn’t Inevitable

ChatGPT forced mankind to look in the mirror and ask itself what makes it unique in a world with AI. However, what I haven’t stopped thinking about since its release hasn’t been my own future, but my daughter’s. Whenever I...

Oct 15, 2026, 10:14 AM

Why India’s AI Sovereignty Needs the River-Interlinking Idea

The Bhagiratha Wager and India's AI Sovereignty. An AI Illustration.

Every Hindu household rite begins with a small act of hydraulic engineering. The priest pours water into a vessel and invokes the Ganga, Yamuna, Godavari, Sarasvati, Narmada, Sindhu and Kaveri to be present in this water. Seven basins are...

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