July 3, 2023
Culture War as Imitation Game
The French social theorist René Girard, born in 1923, is not quite yet a household name, but his work does...
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July 3, 2023
Sam Altman Doesn’t Want To Be Your AI King
Sam Altman sits slightly slouched in his chair, taking the interviewer’s questions like punches in the face. He looks...
July 3, 2023
The Speech of the Dead
One of the more unsettling political ads of 2020 came from Change the Ref, a nonprofit founded by the parents of...
July 3, 2023
How the State Built This AI Moment
“The horse has not merely bolted; it is halfway down the road and picking up speed — and no one is sure where...
July 3, 2023
Why I Fired My AI Agent
I am a college student, and students are using ChatGPT — a lot. We may say that we’re not, and for some that may be...
July 3, 2023
The Dead Internet to Come
On an ordinary morning, you cradle a steaming cup of coffee while scrolling through your social media feeds. You’re...
July 3, 2023
AI Can’t Beat Stupid
Imagine, if you will, the following. A sinister villain, armed with nothing but a fiendish intellect and an overriding...
July 3, 2023
B.S. Jobs and the Coming Crisis of Meaning
Machine learning, advanced robotic weaponry, and many other “artificial intelligence” systems typically involve a...
July 3, 2023
An America of Secrets
There have been two dominant narratives about the rise of misinformation and conspiracy theories in American public...
July 3, 2023
Why This AI Moment May Be the Real Deal
For many years, those in the know in the tech world have known that “artificial intelligence” is a scam. It’s...