Archive - The Compute Optimist

AI Is Helping People With Paralysis Reclaim Their Voices

How recent advances in AI-powered brain-computer interfaces are enabling breakthroughs in accuracy, independence, and intonation for those living with…

Oct 15 • Ed Tarnowski

A Yearning for Optimism: What Our Pro-Data Center Party Illuminated

What Data After Dark was really about—and the media misunderstanding

Oct 5 • Ed Tarnowski

September 2026

What If Surgical Expertise Could Be Everywhere?

Experimental AI-powered robotics could vastly expand access to specialized surgeries

Sep 16 • Ed Tarnowski

The Compute Optimist’s Manifesto

Reporting, analysis, and no-nonsense commentary on the revolutionary technologies poised to drive unprecedented human prosperity—if we let them

Sep 14 • Ed Tarnowski

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