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Adrian Ivakhiv analyzes the capitalism-democracy muddle.

The Middle Ages are often characterized as a time of darkness and despair, but recent research has shown that this is not entirely true. Advances in

In “Power and Progress,” MIT professors Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson examine whether automation and artificial intelligence will be used for the public good.

We talk to MIT professor Daron Acemoglu about his book Power and Progress and unpack why making direct human-to-AI comparisons isn’t necessarily helpful in determining our relationship with technology.

It looked as if time was running out for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in this week’s election but he has surprised his critics by forcing a runoff vote.

Fewer voters believe the rapidly fragmenting right can offer solutions to our pressing crises

A small tax on robots, as well as on trade generally, will help reduce income inequality in the U.S., according to research by MIT economists Arnaud Costinot and Iván Werning.

The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers agree on one thing: Artificial intelligence is coming. At the same time, they disagree fundamentally on

CAMBRIDGE — Spoiler alert: I am not going to talk about how ChatGPT responds when prompted about economic-development strategies. It basically regurgitates reasonable, but mediocre ideas that it has seen in its training set. But ChatGPT’s design, which has given it far greater capabilities than its creators anticipated, offers a valuable lesson for tackling the complexities of

In 1191 Herbert the Dean, an entrepreneurial type, invested in an exciting new technology that was taking Suffolk by storm — a windmill