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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 Next Frontier: People Skills
Imagine a chatbot that actually knows how to talk to you.
Conscious AI Is the Second-Scariest Kind
A cutting-edge theory of mind suggests a new type of doomsday scenario.
Why We Must Resist AI’s Soft Mind Control
When I tried to work out how Google’s Gemini tool thinks, I discovered instead how it wants me to think.
The Lifeblood of the AI Boom
Applications such as ChatGPT and DALL-E have captured the world’s imagination—but AI companies are focused on something else.
AI Is Taking Water From the Desert
New data centers are springing up every week. Can the Earth sustain them?
Generative AI Is Challenging a 234-Year-Old Law
The technology might finally bend copyright past the breaking point, upending what it means to have a creative society in the process.
The Deeper Problem With Google’s Racially Diverse Nazis
Generative AI is not built to honestly mirror reality, no matter what its creators say.
How First Contact With Whale Civilization Could Unfold
If we can learn to speak their language, what should we say?
I Went to a Rave With the 46-Year-Old Millionaire Who Claims to Have the Body of a Teenager
Bryan Johnson wants to build a nation of immortals. Would you join?
OpenAI’s Sora Is a Total Mystery
A new program from the ChatGPT maker promises to create videos from simple text prompts, but little is known about how it will actually work.
Things Get Strange When AI Starts Training Itself
What happens if AI becomes even less intelligible?