Arthur C. Clarke Predicts the Rise of Synthetic Intelligence & Questions What Will Occur to Humanity (1978)

We now dwell within the midst of an arti­fi­cial-intel­li­gence growth, but it surely’s exhausting­ly the primary of its sort. Actually, the sector has been sub­ject to a boom-and-bust cycle since not less than the ear­ly 9­teen-fifties. Even­tu­al­ly, these busts — which occurred when actual­iz­in a position AI tech­nol­o­gy didn’t dwell as much as the hype…

Fitch predicts a “deteriorating” outlook for increased ed

The upper schooling sector is anticipated to face “a deteriorating credit score surroundings,” in accordance with a 2025 outlook report from Fitch Rankings, a significant credit score scores supplier. The report famous that rising pressures, together with “uneven” enrollment tendencies, rising prices and flat state funding, are prone to financially harm U.S. increased ed establishments—particularly…

David Bowie Predicts the Good & Unhealthy of the Web in 1999: “We’re on the Cusp of One thing Exhilarating and Terrifying”

“We’re on the cusp of some­factor exhil­a­rat­ing and ter­ri­fy­ing.” The yr is 1999 and David Bowie, in shag­gy hair and groovy glass­es, has seen the long run and it’s the Inter­internet. On this quick however fas­ci­nat­ing inter­view with BBC’s stal­wart and with­er­ing inter­roga­tor cum inter­view­er Jere­my Pax­man, Bowie provides a fore­solid of the a long…

CBO Predicts no Pell shortfall in 2024 resulting from FAFSA Points

The Pell Grant program is anticipated to run a $11.4 billion surplus for the fiscal yr, the Congressional Finances Workplace (CBO) stated this week, averting fears of a possible shortfall that might have led to cuts in this system. The Biden administration had requested a further $2.1 billion for fiscal yr 2025 to extend the utmost Pell…