Articles by richardkorzekwa

The history of geoengineering, nuclear power, and human challenge trials suggest that social norms and regulation exert powerful forces on the use of technology.

ChatGPT had unusually fast user growth, but it did not set a record.

by Rick Korzekwa, 2 February, 2022 Summary In this post I outline apparent regularities in how major new technological capabilities and methods come about. I have not rigorously checked to see how broadly they hold,

Rick Korzekwa April 2020
What are we trying to do when we look at history to inform forecasting?

By Rick Korzekwa, 17 September 2019 Artificial intelligence defeated a pair of professional Starcraft II players for the first time in December 2018. Although this was generally regarded as an impressive achievement, it quickly became