The Man Who Saw AI Coming
Erik Brynjolfsson wants to talk with you about the future.
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The People Who Will Thrive in the AI Age
What will differentiate people is not how smart they are but their relationship to mental effort.
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AI Can’t Fix the Student-Motivation Problem
It turns out bots aren’t great teachers.
Would Claude Refuse an Illegal Military Order?
The AI chatbot told me that it has misgivings about its role in modern warfare.
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A Tough Day for NPR
Are there any lessons to the newsroom’s Supreme Court error?
The New (And Slightly Smelly) Center of the AI Boom
San Francisco’s brightest minds are stuffing themselves into hacker houses.
What AI Will Do to Art
Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst believe the future doesn’t have to belong to slop.
The 13 Steps of a Trump Fiasco
The Reflecting Pool drama says everything about how the administration operates.
My New Life With the Palantir Chore Coat
I bought the most confusing jacket in America.
I’d Rather Risk Cancer Than See AI Move This Fast
I’d benefit if AI cured cancer. And I still want AI progress to slow down.
The Curse of Too Much Evidence
While researching a woman who went deep on the JFK assassination, I was pulled in too.
The Myth of SpaceX
The company has mutated into something that defies both comparison and logic.
America Is Headed Toward the Infinite Workweek
The future of AI and jobs will be so much weirder than you think.
The Feel-Good Story of the World Cup Is Too Good to Be True
Some of the people celebrating American excess are not what they seem.
