The Achilles heel of AI is an inability to discriminate between sources of knowledge that are trustworthy and those that are deceitful and manipulative.
The cognitive equivalent of snacking on Twinkies dipped in whey protein to prepare for a triathalon.
While the battle over the next Supreme Court justice will be fought in the realm of bare-knuckle, high-octane politics, the daily business of the justices is often a good deal less partisan.
The reward of the doldrums is an uptick, however temporary, in your ability to make rational decisions.
Steven V. Mazie is Professor of Political Studies at Bard High School Early College-Manhattan and Supreme Court Correspondent for The Economist. He holds an A.B. in Government from Harvard College and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan. Mazie's recent publications include "Up from Colorblindness: Equality, Race and the Lessons of Ricci v. DeStefano" (2011), "Rawls on Wall Street" at the New York Times (2011), "Equality, Race and Gifted Education: An Egalitarian Critique of Admission to New York City's Specialized High Schools" (2009) and Israel's Higher Law: Religion and Liberal Democracy in the Jewish State (2006). He has taught at the University of Michigan (1998), New York University (2001) and Bard College (2005, 2011).