The Flip-Phone Cleanse
I spent a month with a group of people who aspire to a state of offline bliss.
Artificial Intelligence
The dawn of a new machine age.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Endgame
The world’s richest man is accruing more power than ever before.
Is Hurry the Great Enemy of Spiritual Life?
Pastor John Mark Comer has won a massive audience by encouraging his followers to free themselves from the gnawing sense that there is always more to do.
The Allbirds Pivot Is a Terrible Idea … Right?
Its turn to AI could be an escape hatch for a company with nothing to lose.
AI’s Present Matters More Than Its Imagined Future
Let’s not spend too much time daydreaming.
Artists Are Losing the War Against AI
OpenAI has introduced a tool for artists to keep their images from training future AI programs. It may not make a difference.
My Books Were Used to Train Meta’s Generative AI. Good.
It can have my next one too.
A New Coca-Cola Flavor at the End of the World
Y3000, the latest Coke flavor, was purportedly made with the assistance of AI. What does it taste like?
So Much for ‘Learn to Code’
In the age of AI, computer science is no longer the safe major.
What I Found in a Database Meta Uses to Train Generative AI
Nobel-winning authors, Dungeons and Dragons, Christian literature, and erotica all serve as datapoints for the machine.
These 183,000 Books Are Fueling the Biggest Fight in Publishing and Tech
Use our new search tool to see which authors have been used to train the machines.
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.
High-School English Needed a Makeover Before ChatGPT
I used to make my students write essay after essay. There was always a better way.