On the sudden acceleration of artificial intelligence

And what our failed experiment with mRNA jabs tells us about the risks we are running as for-profit companies play with ever-more advanced technology

In 1994, I had the good luck to take a seminar about artificial intelligence at Yale University with David Gelernter, a computer scientist best known for helping envision what at the time was called the World Wide Web.

I’m not very connected to Yale these days. Its anti-free-speech stance disgusts me. The feeling seems to be mutual. A lot of my former cl…