Visiting Scholar in data science at Columbia University, passionate about ethics in modern technological development.
You walk into the office and there they are. The perfectly rehearsed, flashing white smiles. From the receptionist to the upper management, the “corporate smile” has become the standard uniform of the modern workplace. But… Read More »Why I Stopped Trusting Smiling People at Work: The Toxic Corporate Mask
Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis release a peer-to-peer VoIP software. It allows internet users worldwide to make free, high-quality voice and video calls. Part of the 16 Internet Evolution Facts: The 2003 Edition archive. HistoricallyVerified
While dial-up is still common, 2000 marks a massive surge in DSL and Cable Internet adoption in the US. The “always-on” connection changes how users interact with the web, moving away from “logging on” to simply being… Read More »Broadband Overtakes Dial-Up (Growth)
Microsoft reveals plans for an online gaming service for its new console. It alters the future of multiplayer home entertainment. Part of the 16 Internet Evolution Facts: The 2001 Edition archive. HistoricallyVerified
A group of filmmakers founds a high-quality video-sharing platform that supports creative artistic content. It introduces clean user interfaces and becomes an early standard for online video distribution. Part of the 18 Internet Evolution Facts:… Read More »The Launch of Vimeo
The year 2006 marked the definitive theoretical and rebranding flashpoint for modern connectionist artificial intelligence. After decades of marginalization during the Second AI Winter, multi-layered neural networks were structurally unlocked by a series of algorithmic… Read More »30 AI Roots Facts: 2006 Edition
Artificial intelligence does not have to be a soulless algorithm designed to exploit your attention and manipulate your emotions. This space is dedicated to what happens when humans and technology stop competing and start collaborating.… Read More »25 Structural Foundations: Shared Intelligence, Human-AI Co-Creation, and Symbiotic Thought Partnership Edition
William Stanley Jevons builds a mechanical computer that uses Boolean logic to solve logical inferences in real time. It is the first machine to arrive at conclusions faster than the human mind. Part of the… Read More »Jevons’ Logic Piano (1869)
The integration of early-stage quantum computing topologies into global infrastructure has fundamentally reshaped how energy is discovered, stored, and routed. Quantum mechanics has shifted energy management from reactive distribution to predictive equilibrium. Part of the… Read More »Quantum Optimization
Rajat Raina, Anand Madhavan, and Andrew Ng published a landmark paper proving that using NVIDIA GPUs via CUDA to train deep belief networks achieved up to a 70x speedup compared to standard multi-core CPUs. This… Read More »The Formulation of GPU-Accelerated Deep Belief Networks