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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The Age of AI Child Abuse Is Here
For maybe the first time, the scale of the problem is coming into view.
A Calculator’s Most Important Button Has Been Removed
This is clearly a mistake.
What Does That Bark Mean?
AI hype has come to dog research.
The AI Boom Has an Expiration Date
Tech executives are setting deadlines for the arrival of superintelligence. They might regret it.
The End of Parallel Parking
It’ll be a while before self-driving cars take over. Self-parking cars are already here.
Feeld, the Polyamory Dating App, Made a Magazine. Why?
Yet another reminder of how good writing jobs are hard to come by.
What’s With All the Trumpy VCs?
The tech industry is still mostly blue. But things are definitely changing.
The Scourge of ‘Win Probability’ in Sports
Fans can do this in their head.
I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is
What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis.
AI’s Penicillin and X-Ray Moment
The Nobel Committee officially recognizes artificial intelligence’s godfathers in the pantheon of human achievement.