Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic Whistleblower Warns AI Frankensteins Are Engineering Our Doom. That’s Why These Rich SOBs Are Building Bunkers.

Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 8:21 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

I initially thought these AI nerds were just suicidal avengers. But then it occurred to me that these greedy SOBs are spending billions building doomsday bunkers and beefing up their personal security for a reason. And that’s because they fully expect to survive whatever catastrophe they unleash on the rest of us. The wonder is that… Read more.

Labor Day 2026. Trump Salutes Workers, Then Makes Them Pay

Saturday, September 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Labor Day supposedly celebrates workers. Yet Trump salutes them while tech oligarchs replace them, ICE deports them, corporations exploit them, and sailors fight his war under miserable conditions. iPINIONS contends that the real divide remains between the people who do the work and those who turn labor, fear, and patriotism into profit. Read my full… Read more.

Pope Leo Warns AI Is the New Tower of Babel … with Drones

Wednesday, May 27, 2026 at 8:37 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, warns that AI is becoming a new Tower of Babel. As the son of a preacher man, I know that parable well: human hubris, God-like ambition, and the danger of power without humility. From OpenAI’s safety wars to Anthropic’s rare moral caution, from social media brain rot to… Read more.

AI: Beware This Tech Chalice They’re Getting Us Addicted To

Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 9:09 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

AI was supposed to make life easier. Instead, it’s turning into a tech chalice we’re being pushed to drink from… one that raises bills, creates domestic chaos, and hallucinates on command. From “smart” homes that need constant cleanup to chatbots that require nonstop correction, iPINIONS asks whether AI is saving time… or stealing it. Read… Read more.

ChatGPT: The AI of Everything That Can’t Be Trusted to Do Anything

Monday, November 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Sam Altman wants ChatGPT to become “the core of how people use technology.” But after months of using it, I spend more time correcting its mistakes than benefiting from its intelligence. OpenAI posted $7.8 billion in losses while multiple lawsuits link ChatGPT to teen suicides. Meanwhile, Anthropic’s founders hired a philosopher to build AI responsibly.… Read more.

Job Interview in the Time of AI

Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

You spend your life becoming qualified only to realize the interview is just data mining for the bot they already prefer. iPINIONS welcomes you to late-stage capitalism — where Adams’s Dilbert applies, Kafka’s Josef K. judges, and Camus’s Meursault thrives. Read more.

Oprah, the AI Whisperer…?

Saturday, September 14, 2024 at 11:17 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

You know we’re in deep doo-doo when AI developers turn to Oprah to allay universal concerns about the existential risks AI poses. But, with all due respect to the Oprah effect, how we’re handling climate change speaks volumes. After all, we’ve had the science, the means, and the urgent calls to action. Yet, we’ve proven… Read more.

Firing Altman at OpenAI Exposed Infighting That Portends Our Doom

Monday, November 20, 2023 at 2:27 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Firing Altman at OpenAI Two weeks ago, I published “AI: Sowing the Seeds of Our Own Extinction.” I delineated why AI poses existential dangers that make nuclear bombs look like stink bombs. But even I had no idea that the mad geniuses developing AI were already engaged in an existential battle. That battle led to the summary and sensational firing of OpenAI… Read more.

China Forces Apple to Cancel Jon Stewart

Saturday, October 21, 2023 at 6:31 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Apple doing China’s bidding ‘The Problem with Jon Stewart’ will not come back to Apple TV+ for a third season, bringing a surprise and sudden end to the increasingly popular show led by the former Daily Show host. … He told staff that the company had concerns about the subject matter Stewart planned for three… Read more.