Craig Smith

New York

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Host and Founder at Eye On A.I.

Would-be entrepreneur and longtime writer for The New York Times. Focused on artificial intelligence.

Articles

The Secret Life of Servers: Chronic Idleness While Waiting For A Job

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Craig Smith

Imagine for a moment you're flying over a city at night. Below you, thousands of buildings glitter with office lights. But inside many of them, the computers are dark, unused, and waiting. That's not a metaphor—it's a global inefficiency. The Uptime Institute estimates that nearly a third of the world's data center servers are underutilized or idle. McKinsey says most data centers run at just 40% of their capacity. And yet, the organizations that own them pay 100% of the cost.
How A Simple Protocol Is Changing Everything About AI

2 months ago | forbes.com | Craig Smith

When Sam Altman posted a tweet one recent morning, few outside the artificial intelligence community fully grasped its significance. "People love MCP and we are excited to add support across our products," the OpenAI CEO wrote. The message itself was unremarkable – just another tech announcement on X – but its implications were anything but ordinary.
How A Simple Protocol Is Changing Everything About AI

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Craig Smith

How A Simple Protocol Is Changing Everything About AIWhen Sam Altman posted a tweet one recent morning, few outside the artificial intelligence community fully grasped its significance. "People love MCP and we are excited to add support across our products," the OpenAI CEO wrote. The message itself was unremarkable – just another tech announcement on …
Exploring The Mind Inside The Machine

2 months ago | forbes.com | Craig Smith

How a team of scientists is peering into the brain of an artificial intelligence model—and what they’re finding is startlingly familiar.
When AI Takes Over Scientific Discovery

2 months ago | forbes.com | Craig Smith

Science has always been a human endeavor, fueled by curiosity, creativity, and a stubborn willingness to question what others take for granted. But what happens when artificial intelligence begins to do the same—not just assisting human scientists, but independently designing experiments, analyzing data, and forming conclusions?
When AI Takes Over Scientific Discovery

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Craig Smith

Tim Walz says he was joking when he mocked Tesla's falling stock: 'These people have no sense of humor'First he was a "knucklehead" now he's a "smarta--." Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, said Saturday that he was making a joke when he made a comment last week mocking Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk for the company's recent downward trend in the stock market. Walz attempted to clarify his comments …
The Curious Case Of China’s Chip Surplus

Mar 8, 2025 | forbes.com | Craig Smith

In 2024, China experienced a complex situation with AI chips: overcapacity in some areas, while simultaneously facing shortages in high-quality compute needed for advanced AI development. This contradiction is not merely a technical glitch or a byproduct of geopolitical maneuvering—it is a deeply human story of ambition, improvisation, and the unintended consequences of a gold rush mentality.
China’s Autonomous Agent, Manus, Changes Everything

Mar 8, 2025 | flipboard.com | Craig Smith

7 hours agoChristopher J. Fernandez, Corporate VP of Human Resources at Microsoft’s recent post on LinkedIn, From one to many: AI agents and the hyperscale of human thought is the most insightful piece I’ve read on what executives should do about the coming mash up of digital and human workers. It makes sense …
China’s Autonomous Agent, Manus, Changes Everything

Mar 8, 2025 | forbes.com | Craig Smith

One recent evening in Shenzhen, a group of software engineers gathered in a dimly lit co-working space, furiously typing as they monitored the performance of a new AI system. The air was electric, thick with the hum of servers and the glow of high-resolution monitors. They were testing Manus, a revolutionary AI agent capable of independent thought and action.
The Looming AI Price War Will Affect Us All

Jan 28, 2025 | forbes.com | Craig Smith

In May 2024, the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shocked China’s AI industry by triggering a devastating price war in “inference,” the answers provided by large AI models. That price war is about to erupt across the globe. At the time, few people in the West paid attention to the obscure Chinese company’s release of its DeepSeek V2 model.