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Essays, columns, and deep analysis on AI from Forward Future contributors. Browse the latest, or filter by topic.
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Match the Model to the Mission: The Art of Choosing the Right AI for Any Task
A practical framework to choose the best AI model for any task—think smarter, search better, create faster.
Nick Wentz · MAY 11, 2025
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The Second Half of 2025: What Can We Expect in the Area of AI?
From assistants to autonomous agents: how AI's evolving capabilities could reshape work and compliance by 2026.
Kim Isenberg · MAY 9, 2025
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The Second Half of 2025: What Can We Expect in the Area of AI?
From assistants to autonomous agents: how AI's evolving capabilities could reshape work and compliance by 2026.
Kim Isenberg · MAY 9, 2025
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Google's NotebookLM Gets a Major Upgrade: What Business Leaders Need to Know
NotebookLM Just Got an IQ Upgrade, and Now It's Smarter Than Your Strategy Team (Don't Tell Them). Warning: May cause existential crisis in middle managers.
Steve Smith · MAY 6, 2025
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Inference vs. Training: What's the difference?
Discover the critical difference between AI training and inference—and how this split drives innovation and scale.
Kim Isenberg · MAY 5, 2025
Robotics
Aligning the Steel: The New Ethics of Embodied AI
How robots like Digit are redefining labor, raising safety concerns, and challenging the future of ethical AI.
Dylan Jorgensen · APR 30, 2025
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The Different Concepts of AGI: OpenAI, Anthropic and Google in Comparison and When AGI Is Achieved
How top AI labs differ on defining AGI, their goals, and why timelines range from 2026 to decades away.
Kim Isenberg · APR 29, 2025
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AI, Automation, and the Urgent Case for Universal Basic Income (Part 2): Critiques, Implementation, and the Future
Scott Santens addresses UBI critiques, funding solutions, and why it's essential for an AI-driven future economy.
Nick Wentz · APR 28, 2025
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AI, Automation, and the Urgent Case for Universal Basic Income (Part 1): A Conversation with Scott Santens
Scott Santens explores how AI-driven change makes Universal Basic Income essential for economic security.
Nick Wentz · APR 28, 2025
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o3 Is a Milestone Moment: Tool Usage Changes Everything
Explore how OpenAI's o3 model uses agentic AI to autonomously solve complex tasks with powerful tool integration.
Kim Isenberg · APR 23, 2025
Robotics
Your New Roommate Is Made of Steel—Home Robots Are About to Rewrite Daily Life
An inside look at the billion‐dollar dash to deploy helpful humanoids—and the ethical tripwires waiting in every hallway.
Dylan Jorgensen · APR 23, 2025
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The Road to Safe AGI: How Tech Giants Are Managing the Risks of Artificial General Intelligence
Google DeepMind and OpenAI reveal key strategies to manage risks and ensure the responsible rise of AGI.
Kim Isenberg · APR 17, 2025
