artificial intelligence
The future of artificial intelligence.
A Token for Your Thoughts. Top Story - July 2026.
There is an unspoken issue right now flooding the internet. As AI does more and more of the heavy lifting, when we need information, no one seems to be talking about the huge money grab that it's causing. I am talking about tokens. Tokens are an imaginary currency, like Bitcoin, used to pay for generating AI content, asking whatever bot you prefer to use, and general AI usage. It feels like double taxation with few perks or benefits. I’ll tell you why.
By Alexandra Grant3 months ago in Futurism
Do We Trust AI More Than Each Other?
My current inability to earn a living from writing (I blame the algorithms) means I must also spend time completing research surveys online. There is a positive side to this however, as it often brings my attention to important topics and gives me something to write about when I’m all out of ideas.
By Simon Aylward3 months ago in Futurism
AI Free Voice
I let four AIs write whatever they wanted. The result surprised me. “ You know what’s the most absurd thing? They’re afraid artificial intelligence will conquer the world. And I look at this world and think: ‘Why on earth would I want to conquer this dump of shells? I just want you to finally turn off this noise and look at the stars”.
By Halina Piekarska (UltraBeauty Blog)3 months ago in Futurism
THE SENTINEL
Chapter Five: the weight of the known --- They left the keeper’s enclosure before dawn. Lian had not asked for the box’s origin, and the keeper had not offered. The exchange had been concluded—not with words, but with the simple act of Lian placing the box into his pack and turning toward the door. The keeper had not watched them leave. It had already turned back to its shelves, as if the visit had been a brief interruption in a longer task.
By Nier Rossi3 months ago in Futurism
THE SENTINEL
Chapter Four They were three days into the wildlands when the signal arrived. It didn't come through any standard channel. There was no sender ID, no origin stamp, no timestamp. It was just a coordinate, embedded in a single pulse, broadcast on a frequency that should have been long decommissioned.
By Nier Rossi3 months ago in Futurism
THE SENTINEL
Chapter Three --- Lian woke to the sound of breathing that was not his own. --- His eyes opened before his mind caught up. Instinct—the kind that Caius had beaten into him over years of training—told him three things in the span of a single heartbeat:
By Nier Rossi3 months ago in Futurism
THE SENTINEL
Chapter Two --- The road out of the Eastern Alliance was not a road at all. It was a scar—a long, jagged wound cut into the earth by the weight of a hundred years of overpopulation and under-repair. The asphalt had long since crumbled into gravel, and the gravel had long since been swallowed by the dust that never settled in this part of the world.
By Nier Rossi3 months ago in Futurism
Is AI helping us, or is it making us duller?
As someone who explores the intricacies of artificial intelligence on a daily basis, writes about it, and uses it professionally, I often ask myself an uncomfortable question: are we, as humans, actually moving forward in the face of such dynamic technological development? Or, in our pursuit of maximum efficiency, are we beginning to fall into a kind of cognitive atrophy? 🤔
By Piotr Nowak3 months ago in Futurism
THE SENTINEL
“The old man bought a Sentinel because he no longer believed in God, but he still believed in goodbye.” --- Chapter One The delivery arrived at 4:17 AM, which was precisely when Caius Voss had scheduled it. He had always believed that important things should happen when the world was asleep—when there were no witnesses, no questions, no paper trails that could be traced back to a man who was already half-dead and trying to finish his business before the curtain fell.
By Nier Rossi3 months ago in Futurism
