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What bank ATMs teach us about AI

New inventions and technologies, from the lightbulb to the farm tractor to the automobile to the laptop computer to Uber drivers, cause serious job market disruptions. They also cause a backlash, as horse and buggy operators, cab drivers, video rental stores and typewriter makers inevitably predicted chaos and job losses. Artificial intelligence will make life much better and healthier for most people, but it will bring massive disruptions too. What will happen to the people whose livelihoods are jeopardized by what ChatGPT or Claude can do faster, cheaper and better? It is a fair ...

Islamists are playing the long game

This week, primary voters in Michigan are heading to the polls to decide which candidate will represent their party in the fight to replace the outgoing Sen. Gary Peters. For Democrats, will it be Rep. Haley Stevens or Abdul El-Sayed on the ballot in November? But this is about so much more than whether or not El-Sayed wins the primary or even the election to represent Michigan in the Senate. Unsurprisingly, much of the focus when it comes to El-Sayed rests not on his socialist ideology, or if he's actually a doctor, or even his recent glow-up, but that he's an anti-Semite. Given ...

Ohio gubernatorial candidates highlight data center plans

Ohio’s two candidates for governor have conflicting ideas of what they would like to see happen to future data centers, which have become a political lightning rod in this year’s November election. Ohio’s next governor will appoint the five members of the Public Utilities Commission, which sets utility rates and set the parameters for data centers opening in cities across the state. Ohio Democratic candidate for governor Dr. Amy Acton announced on July 27 she supports a conditional moratorium on data centers “if requirements on costs, union labor, transparency, ...

Reds rally late to beat White Sox, 5-4

CHICAGO (AP) — Elly De La Cruz drove in automatic runner Matt McLain with a sacrifice fly in the top of the 10th inning as the Cincinnati Reds snapped a three-game skid with a 5-4 comeback win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night. The Reds rallied from three runs down in the eighth ...

Pittsburgh homecomings get real as preseason begins

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The vibes for Mike McCarthy and Eli Heidenreich over the last few months have been immaculate. How could they not be? The chance for McCarthy to lead his hometown team brought the first-year Pittsburgh Steelers coach to tears when he was hired in January. The image last ...

Local Calendar

Thursday, Aug. 13 High school golf: Parkersburg/Fort Frye/John Marshall/Fairfield Christian vs. Williamstown at GCWV, 11 a.m.; Doddridge County at St. Marys, 10 a.m.; Girls: Waterford at Warren, 1 p.m.