What Happens if Trump Seizes AI Companies
The administration could exert much greater control over the industry—but just how far would it go?
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AI’s Next Frontier: People Skills
Imagine a chatbot that actually knows how to talk to you.
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The Strange Origin of AI’s ‘Reasoning’ Abilities
It involves 4chan, of all places.
Is Schoolwork Optional Now?
Education is on the verge of becoming fully automated.
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The Bunker Magnates Hate to Say They Told You So
Our paranoid moment has ushered in a run on supplements, survivalist gear, and all manner of prepper accommodations. Welcome to the age of conspiracy capitalism.
Your Phone Wasn’t Built for the Apocalypse
Why the orange sky looks gray
The Pandemic Is No Excuse to Surveil Students
Trying to do so is all but useless.
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Generation Work-From-Home May Never Recover
The social and economic costs borne by young people without offices
America’s Summer of Viral Meltdowns
Videos of people behaving badly have become so popular that filming one another is now a reflexive impulse.
Why Every City Feels the Same Now
Glass-and-steel monoliths replaced local architecture. It’s not too late to go back.
The Women Making Conspiracy Theories Beautiful
How the domestic aesthetics of Instagram repackage QAnon for the masses
America’s Terrible Internet Is Making Quarantine Worse
Why millions of students still can’t get online
The Wikipedia War That Shows How Ugly This Election Will Be
An editing battle over Kamala Harris’s race is a sign of what’s to come.
The Return of Anonymous
The infamous hacker group reemerges from the shadows.