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Jon Askonas

Jon Askonas is assistant professor of politics at the Catholic University of America and a nonresident senior fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation.
Articles by Jon Askonas

Technological Stagnation Is a Choice

Do we live in a world of “ever-increasing change” characterized by “disruptive innovation”? Is “technology moving faster than ever before”? Are these, in fact, “unprecedented times”? Contra the bromides of TED-talkers and Davos men, a growing chorus of contrarian scientists, scholars, and investors hold that the pace of innovation has slowed, not increased…

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Common Sense on AI

Following successive releases of advanced AIs since ChatGPT, a group of leading technologists has called for an immediate, six-month moratorium on training large AI models. Their open letter, signed by Elon Musk and Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, raises alarms that AI labs are locked in an out-of-control race to develop and deploy ever more powerful digital minds that no one—not even their creators—can understand, predict, or reliably control…

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