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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Trump Versus the Coconut-Pilled
Kamala Harris and the Democrats finally have a chance to attract positive attention.
Whoops! The Internet Broke.
Massive outages caused by a cloud-computing bug are the new normal.
The Biden Campaign Just Can’t Stop Meme-ing
The president is relentlessly trolling Trump—on Trump’s own social-media site.
Silicon Valley Got Their Guy
J. D. Vance has solidified tech’s MAGA moment.
A New Development in the Debate About Instagram and Teens
Meta, infamous for kicking researchers off its platform, flirts with slightly more transparency.
The Secret Meaning of Prime Day
A day of reflection on the delight and absurdity of the online-shopping age
The Flattening Machine
The chaotic aftermath of the assassination attempt shows a toxic information system working as designed.
The Trump Shooting Conspiracies Outpaced Reality
It took mere minutes for unsubstantiated theories to take over.
AI Has Become a Technology of Faith
Sam Altman and Arianna Huffington told me that they believe generative AI can help millions of suffering people. I’m not so sure.
America Finally Has an Answer to the Biggest Problem With EVs
Used electric cars are not just cheap—they are cheaper than similar gas cars.