Coding aside, even the best AI systems struggle to be economically viable in the workplace. What happens then?

Background check supporters are now pinning their hopes on the “Underpants Gnomes Profit Plan” to get their stalled initiative implemented. The plan comes from a “South Park” episode in which the ...

One of Buzz’s favorite episodes of the TV show South Park introduced characters called “underpants gnomes.” They’re dim, vulgar pixies who steal little boys’ underpants as part of a grand business ...

I concluded that "Until someone comes up with a credible scenario for Step 3, all we have is the Doomer version of the Underpants Gnomes." Since that time, however, there has been another deflationary ...