The journey into what statistician Erica Thompson calls “Model Land” began innocuously enough. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw the emergence of statistical methods that promised to bring ...

The world of macroeconomic forecasting could probably always use a disruption that enhances accuracy. One such comes from experts at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and elsewhere, who ...

In “Outside the Box,” I interrogate ChatGPT to better understand how AI “reasons.” It’s like a conversation with an intelligent friend, sharing ideas and challenging some of the explanations. With ...

[Usama Malik wrote this article before the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Although it does not reflect post-election events, Fair Observer believes the analysis remains insightful and relevant.] The ...

For the past 19 months, European leaders have attempted to obscure their characterization of what appears to be a clear and consistent pattern of behavior by the Israeli government in its response to ...

Since the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the early part of the 20th century, the Middle East has been marked by conflict, violence, political instability, foreign interference, the rise and consequent ...

The world now awaits the iconic puff of white smoke indicating the election of an individual who may be regarded as holding the unique remaining position of power with a claim to exercising a form of ...

Since returning to office in January 2025, US President Donald Trump has aggressively pursued a radical reshaping of US foreign policy. In early March, the State Department terminated foreign ...

US President Donald Trump’s dramatic tariffs, created to allegedly restore the strength of the American industry, may have the opposite effect in one of the country’s most powerful areas: media and ...

Is nuclear power a rational solution to the energy crisis? Or is it an expensive, slow-moving relic of the past, even one that defies economic interests? While France and the United Kingdom have never ...

As should be obvious by now, ChatGPT is not the only partner we may turn to in our hour of intellectual need. DeepSeek, Grok, Gemini, Co-pilot and others are vying for our attention. So is Pi, whose ...