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.
Claude Mythos Is Everyone’s Problem
What happens when AI can hack everything?
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Demon Mode Activated
A conversation with Walter Isaacson about his new biography of Elon Musk, world builder and world destroyer
Streaming Has Reached Its Sad, Predictable Fate
What should I watch? is now a much easier question than How do I watch it?
Why Go With an Evil-Looking Orb?
The controversial crypto project Worldcoin asks people to look into a shiny orb to have their irises scanned. It’s a bit on the nose.
Robots Are Already Killing People
The AI boom only underscores a problem that has existed for years.
How Telling People to Die Became Normal
Merciless trolling is a fact of online life that may never go away.
Retailers Bet Wrong on America’s Feelings About Stores
The internet was supposed to kill in-person shopping. But have you been to a Bass Pro?
High-School English Needed a Makeover Before ChatGPT
I used to make my students write essay after essay. There was always a better way.
Very, Very Few People Are Falling Down the YouTube Rabbit Hole
The site’s crackdown on radicalization seems to have worked. But the world will never know what was happening before that.
Hypodermics on the Shore
The “syringe tides”—waves of used hypodermic needles, washing up on land—terrified beachgoers of the late 1980s. Their disturbing lesson was ignored.
It’s a Weird Time for Driverless Cars
The robotaxis now hitting American streets are troubling and amazing all at once.