An essay argues that artificial products are useful alternatives optimized for different values like cost and convenience, not inferior substitutes for real counterparts. Drawing parallels from artificial light to artificial snow to artificial flowers, the author applies this logic to artificial intelligence, suggesting AI should be understood as a trade-off rather than a replacement for human intelligence.
Blast Radius 1.0 is a browser-based game where players manage a web service through eight high-pressure incidents, balancing stability, speed, budget, and trust while making real-time decisions. Each daily scenario presents the same challenge to all players, generating different outcomes based on their choices, with no account, download, or payment required.