Welcome to February 20, 2026 - Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross

The Singularity, it appears, is nearing open competition with the neighbors. The White House scolded former President Obama for taking information that aliens "are real" "out of classified information," before executing a historic pivot, directing the Secretary of War and other agencies to begin releasing government files on extraterrestrial life, UAPs, and UFOs. The White House is reportedly holding a speech detailing alien life and spaceships for an upcoming date, with the State of the Union address conspicuously only a few days away. The timing is not arbitrary. There is growing recognition that disclosure was "forced on us because of the AI curve," since developing superintelligence is potentially risky to any non-human intelligence that has access to Earth. Even the professional skeptics are capitulating. The publisher of Skeptic Magazine is preparing to concede a $1,000 Long Bet to Avi Loeb.