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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What I Learned When My AI Kermit Slop Went Viral
Sometimes generative artificial intelligence is just another diversion.
YouTubers Are Almost Too Easy to Dupe
No wonder Russia finds its useful idiots among the extremely online.
Yuval Noah Harari’s Apocalyptic Vision
His warning of AI’s dangers is alarming, but does it help us avoid them?
The Lights Go Down on Stan Twitter
Elon Musk’s latest legal skirmish got X banned in Brazil, displacing many of the site’s culture makers.
Elon Musk Has the ‘Off’ Switch
With both X and Starlink under his control, the world’s richest man wields unprecedented power.
Ted Chiang Is Wrong About AI Art
It’s real. But it isn’t revolutionary.
AI Is Coming for Amateur Novelists. That’s Fine.
An annual speed-writing contest lets in the robot overlords, and I, for one, welcome them.
The Last Social Network
Venmo has become the best way to see what the people you know are up to.
Chatbots Are Primed to Warp Reality
A growing body of research shows how AI can subtly mislead users—and even implant false memories.
Mark Zuckerberg Will Never Win
The Meta CEO will never satisfy his critics. He keeps trying anyway.