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<title><![CDATA[Adam Estes - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/51222.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Adam Estes]]></description><category domain="51222">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Robots We Deserve]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-robots-we-deserve/ar-AA1VJbyb</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Estes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s something sad about seeing a humanoid robot lying on the floor. Without any electricity, these bipedal machines can'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t stand up, so if they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re powered down and not hanging from a winch, they'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'re sprawled out on the floor, staring up at you, helpless.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Glimmer of Hope About AI and Jobs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/here-s-a-glimmer-of-hope-about-ai-and-jobs/ar-AA1RkF0o?ocid=hpmsn&amp;cvid=755424470b164e13ec1addc4ca833cb2&amp;ei=7</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Estes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The most recent jobs numbers paint a pretty grim picture of the labor market and the apparent havoc AI is wreaking on it. After'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' warnings about unemployment among recent grads'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' earlier this year, the newest report'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  suggests that AI'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s impact is reaching a broader group of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Buy Now, Pay Later Is More Dangerous Than Ever]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/buy-now-pay-later-is-more-dangerous-than-ever/ar-AA1QODrh</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Estes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The other day, I went to buy my first big Christmas gift of the year, and there it was, on the checkout page: Would I like to split this purchase up into four easy interest-free payments?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[AI in the Classroom Doesn't Have To Be a Catastrophe]]></title>
							<link>https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/cheating-least-ai-113000639.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Estes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[AI in the classroom doesn't have to be a catastrophe.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are We Living in the Movie 'Her' Yet?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/are-we-living-in-the-movie-her-yet/ar-AA1Krf8j</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Estes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[When it came out in 2013, the movie'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Her'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' was set in the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'slight future.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Surprisingly Sound Financial Advice I Got From a Chatbot]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/the-surprisingly-sound-financial-advice-i-got-from-a-chatbot/ar-AA1JEiw9</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Estes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Recently, as an experiment, I gave a bunch of my financial information to an AI chatbot.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Little Videos Are Cooking Our Brains]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/little-videos-are-cooking-our-brains/ar-AA1IkKia</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Estes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[As an elder millennial, I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'ve tried to avoid TikTok because of its documented brainrot potential and despite the fact that it means missing out on an endless supply of fun and strangely specific memes. But somehow, little short-form vertical videos keep finding their way to me.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Google as You Know It Is Slowly Dying]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/artificial-intelligence/google-as-you-know-it-is-slowly-dying/ar-AA1FHMy9</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Estes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Somewhere between asking Google'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new advanced AI to explain, in detail, how to become an expert birdwatcher in my neighborhood and using Google'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new AI moviemaking tool to create cartoons of my 4-pound Chihuahua fighting crime, I realized something. Either Google is having a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why You Should Make Your Phone Boring]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-secret-to-scrolling-less/ar-AA1Akuyh</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Estes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I got my latest Screen Time report from Apple halfway through my daughter'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s first day at Disney World. Waiting in line for rides, I'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'d been checking my phone reflexively, tapping app icons. Like many distracted parents, this triggered a pang of guilt that I was looking at a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Is Your Power Bill So High? And What You Can Do About It]]></title>
							<link>https://www.vox.com/technology/366885/utility-power-bill-price-clean-energy</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 15 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Adam Estes</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Utility bills are more expensive, and it's not because of clean energy. Here's what's driving the rising costs and what you can do to make your bills cheaper.]]></description>
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