My assessment, speaking as a former science reporter with an MA in journalism: take any of the glowing "AI is transforming science!" articles that SciAm is posting with a VERY large grain of salt.
November 12, 2026 at 10:13 PM
My assessment, speaking as a former science reporter with an MA in journalism: take any of the glowing "AI is transforming science!" articles that SciAm is posting with a VERY large grain of salt.
Scientific American@sciam
Nunca hemos visto un Niño como este. Y es posible que el calor desconcertante que está liberando nos empuje permanentemente más allá de un umbral simbólico de calentamiento
www.scientificamerican.com/article/el-n...
Nunca hemos visto un Niño como este. Y es posible que el calor desconcertante que está liberando nos empuje permanentemente más allá de un umbral simbólico de calentamiento
www.scientificamerican.com/article/el-n...
November 11, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Scientific American@sciam
Nunca hemos visto un Niño como este. Y es posible que el calor desconcertante que está liberando nos empuje permanentemente más allá de un umbral simbólico de calentamiento
www.scientificamerican.com/article/el-n...
Nunca hemos visto un Niño como este. Y es posible que el calor desconcertante que está liberando nos empuje permanentemente más allá de un umbral simbólico de calentamiento
www.scientificamerican.com/article/el-n...
i am truly disappointed that the sciam editors - some if whom are known professionally to us both- seem to be embracing certain things with rather less skepticism than is warranted.
November 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
i am truly disappointed that the sciam editors - some if whom are known professionally to us both- seem to be embracing certain things with rather less skepticism than is warranted.
(Especially no shade for SciAm! I loved what they were doing. I’m poking fun at all the hyperbolic pearl-clutching directed their way. Just deeply silly stuff, completely unserious)
November 12, 2026 at 9:17 PM
(Especially no shade for SciAm! I loved what they were doing. I’m poking fun at all the hyperbolic pearl-clutching directed their way. Just deeply silly stuff, completely unserious)
sorry, SciAm, but no. This is not it.
Can anyone control AI? Tech journalist Kevin Roose takes us inside the race to build increasingly powerful systems and the debate over what comes next.
sciam.com/podcast/epis...
sciam.com/podcast/epis...
What the people making AI know that the rest of us don’t
What happens when a technology becomes more powerful than its creators can fully understand?
sciam.com
November 6, 2026 at 11:05 AM
sorry, SciAm, but no. This is not it.
I would hope so; it's foundational given the subject material Yong is apparently writing about.
Thanks for the heads up about his book. I'd not heard of it and will seek it out; I like Ed's writing a great deal (mostly through his Atlantic and SciAm work).
Thanks for the heads up about his book. I'd not heard of it and will seek it out; I like Ed's writing a great deal (mostly through his Atlantic and SciAm work).
November 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I would hope so; it's foundational given the subject material Yong is apparently writing about.
Thanks for the heads up about his book. I'd not heard of it and will seek it out; I like Ed's writing a great deal (mostly through his Atlantic and SciAm work).
Thanks for the heads up about his book. I'd not heard of it and will seek it out; I like Ed's writing a great deal (mostly through his Atlantic and SciAm work).
it was this very article that made many longtime readers and subscribers - myself included - walk away from SciAm
November 10, 2026 at 5:56 AM
it was this very article that made many longtime readers and subscribers - myself included - walk away from SciAm
Takes a glance at their profile, oh they also do work for the bigoted NYT, that tracks.
November 6, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Takes a glance at their profile, oh they also do work for the bigoted NYT, that tracks.
I was promised "direct accountability from day one" by liberals so I'm here showing up and bringing belt-to-ass if needed to keep them away from brunch.
unrelated look what I've found in his bio
unrelated look what I've found in his bio
November 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I was promised "direct accountability from day one" by liberals so I'm here showing up and bringing belt-to-ass if needed to keep them away from brunch.
unrelated look what I've found in his bio
unrelated look what I've found in his bio
I remember back when man made diamond machines were first being built the CEO of the company making them interviewed in sciam said the manufacturing cost was $50 per carat, flawless.
Today a flawless natural 1ct diamond is still priced around $10k.
So someone's adds are working.
Today a flawless natural 1ct diamond is still priced around $10k.
So someone's adds are working.
November 8, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I remember back when man made diamond machines were first being built the CEO of the company making them interviewed in sciam said the manufacturing cost was $50 per carat, flawless.
Today a flawless natural 1ct diamond is still priced around $10k.
So someone's adds are working.
Today a flawless natural 1ct diamond is still priced around $10k.
So someone's adds are working.
Thanks again to #sciam . Using a a connectome based on biology to solve a game is the first step. Factoring in knowledge of function and morphology of the organism and especially what is known about the input/ output nerves could be prompt real insights for robotics design.
Researchers created a new map of the fruit fly brain. Then the Internet found it.
sciam.com/article/virt...
sciam.com/article/virt...
Virtual fruit fly brains can play Doom and trade bitcoin
Researchers created a new map of the fruit fly brain. Then the Internet found it
sciam.com
November 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Thanks again to #sciam . Using a a connectome based on biology to solve a game is the first step. Factoring in knowledge of function and morphology of the organism and especially what is known about the input/ output nerves could be prompt real insights for robotics design.
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I no longer have a lot of insider insight into SciAm but since they fired Laura they seem to be a lot more subject to tech hype and propaganda
November 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I no longer have a lot of insider insight into SciAm but since they fired Laura they seem to be a lot more subject to tech hype and propaganda
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November 6, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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We are all trying to figure out which media in particular has done the damage and is still kissing Trumps Reich
November 6, 2026 at 8:58 PM
We are all trying to figure out which media in particular has done the damage and is still kissing Trumps Reich
BREAKING NEWS
November 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
BREAKING NEWS