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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang delivers remarks as President Donald Trump looks on during an “Investing in America” event, Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in the Cross Hall of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)
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George Gilder
November 4, 2025
Technology
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The Microchip Era Is About to End

George Gilder
November 4, 2025
Technology
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We are in the microchip era, which promises an industrial revolution that will bring artificial intelligence to almost all human activity. The exemplar of this era is Nvidia Corp. Its market capitalization of around $5 trillion makes it the world’s most valuable company. Read More ›
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Contemporary scientists or it-engineer in protective workwear holding looking inspecting microchips
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George Gilder
November 3, 2025
Technology
1

Another Tech Summit Shifts from West Coast to Arizona as State Rises in Advanced Manufacturing

George Gilder
November 3, 2025
Technology
1
The following excerpt comes from an article published in the Phoenix Business Journal by George Gilder on Friday, October 31. It explains why we have moved COSM, our annual conference on the converging technologies remaking the world as we know it, from Seattle to Phoenix. Read More ›
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Composite image of young woman interacting with 3D model of robot, giving high five. Friendship and trust in future tech. Concept of innovation, technologies, human and robots, futurism
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Andrew McDiarmid
May 24, 2025
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology
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No Mark Zuckerberg, AI ‘Friends’ are not Good for Mental Health

Andrew McDiarmid
May 24, 2025
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology
5
Think you could use a few more friends? Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says AI will do the trick. In a recent interview, the Silicon Valley titan said the average American has fewer than three friends but a desire to have “something like fifteen.” Zuckerberg thinks computer code will fill the gap. Read More ›
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Large group of graduation caps during commencement
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Robert J. Marks II
April 28, 2025
Technology
4

Is U.S. Funding Graduate Ed. of Iranians, Chinese?

Robert J. Marks II
April 28, 2025
Technology
4
Many students who get graduate degrees from the U.S. decide to stay here. Like me, they are all proud American Citizens. The issue here focuses solely on U.S.-supported graduate students from adversarial nations who return home with technology, the use of which remains uncertain. Read More ›
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Flags of USA and China on a processor. Computer board with chip. View through magnifying glass. Artificial intelligence or AI
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George Gilder
January 31, 2025
Technology
6

DeepSeek AI Is the Competition America Needs

George Gilder
January 31, 2025
Technology
6
The success of DeepSeek, the Chinese rival to American goliaths with radically more cost-effective artificial intelligence, reveals the futility of U.S. sanctions policies. Under the Biden administration, the American government was captured by some of the world’s most ham-handed national-security socialists, while the Chinese private sector under Xi Jinping commands some of the world’s most nimble capitalists. Read More ›
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Larry Sanger
November 1, 2024
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology
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The Increasingly Pressing Matter of Preserving Our Knowledge

Larry Sanger
November 1, 2024
Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology
1

Larry Sanger argues for the urgent need to preserve knowledge in a decentralized, open-source manner to combat increasing censorship and control by big tech companies. Sanger criticizes the centralization of information and highlights how platforms like Wikipedia, Facebook, and Google have shifted towards promoting establishment narratives while suppressing alternative viewpoints. He advocates for the creation of many independent, digitally signed Read More ›

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The Bradley Center
August 6, 2024
Discovery Institute, Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology
1

COSM Technology Summit 2024

The Bradley Center
August 6, 2024
Discovery Institute, Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology
1
COSM 2024 will hail the New American Century: exploring a technological transformation and revival of our country and economy as redemptive and cosmic as its renewal of technology. Join us October 31 – November 1 in Bellevue, WA. Read More ›