Significant developments in government’s approach to artificial intelligence are the latest topic at Hyperdimensional, the online newsletter about emerging technology published by Dean Ball, a board member of The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI). His latest post, “What Good AI Policy Looks Like,” highlights governmental actions that “move the [...]
How was “the butterfly of liberty” transformed into “the worm of statism” that would “gnaw at the core of American’s political culture”? More than one hundred years ago, Woodrow Wilson emerged as a major culprit in this transformation, writes Juliana Pilon, Senior Fellow, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI). Wilson [...]
Catharine Johnston Westlake passed away peacefully on April 26, 2024, at Stamford Hospital in CT. A celebration of Catharine’s life and funeral service will be held on Friday May 3rd at 10am, at Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, 1864 Post Road, Darien, CT, with a reception to follow. For further information on on her life [...]
Dean Ball is a member of the board of directors of The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) and a research fellow at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University. He publishes an online newsletter “Hyperdimensional” on artificial intelligence (AI). In his most recent piece, he explores “Synthetic Data in AI: Implications [...]
Anyone who wants to know the origins of the current round of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University and other campuses look no further than the Marxist-inspired “Critical Theory” movement. It has swept over the nation, infecting everything from government, established churches, and education. Indeed, as Juliana Pilon, Senior Fellow, The Alexander Hamilton Institute for [...]
Alexander Hamilton Institute board member Dean Ball—formerly with the Hoover Institution’s State and Local Governance Initiative, and as of this month a research fellow at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center—continued his analysis of emerging information technology with a recent commentary that asks: “Who Governs the Internet?” Policymakers, Mr. Ball writes in his “Hyperdimensional” online newsletter [...]
The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that the Mary and David Nichols Conference in the Great Books will take place May 13-14 at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. The event will be held at La Quinta Inn, 911 S. 10th Street in Waco. For additional information, [...]
In recent pieces for his online newsletter Hyperdimensional, Dean Ball, a board member of The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), challenges prevailing criticism about developments in artificial intelligence (AI). In “On Technological Destiny,” Mr. Ball stresses that questions as to where “we” are going with AI, or whether “we” [...]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt died in 1945 after his election to four terms as President of the United States. He entered office amid the Great Depression; initiated the programs that would become the hallmark of the New Deal; piloted the United States and its allies into war against Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and [...]
Joe Simonson, a former Undergraduate Fellow of the Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI), has since his graduation in 2015 from Hamilton College embarked in a career in journalism. In the March 25 issue of The Washington Free Beacon, Mr. Simonson recently reported that an autobiographical story by President Biden about [...]
