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Mind & Human Nature

What we know of ourselves in a scientific age — and what we don’t

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Embodiment •
Consciousness •
Artificial Intelligence •
Neuroscience •
Psychology •
Materialism •
Human Sexuality •
All

Essay | Summer 2023

Summer 2023

  • Daniel Walden

The Speech of the Dead

Against AI necromancy

From: They’re Here…

Daniel Walden

Essay | Summer 2023

Summer 2023

  • Tess Doezema
  • Nina Frahm

How the State Built This AI Moment

The law isn’t lagging, it’s leading.

From: They’re Here…

Tess Doezema and Nina Frahm

Essay | Summer 2023

Summer 2023

  • Clayton O’Dell

Why I Fired My AI Agent

A computer science student opts out of assimilation.

From: They’re Here…

Clayton O’Dell

Essay | Summer 2023

Summer 2023

  • Robert Mariani

The Dead Internet to Come

Our chatbot future is a lonely place right out of a paranoid delusion.

From: They’re Here…

Robert Mariani

Essay | Summer 2023

Summer 2023

  • Adam Elkus

AI Can’t Beat Stupid

Predictions of AI apocalypse suffer the classic egghead blunder: they overrate the power of raw intelligence.

From: They’re Here…

Adam Elkus

Essay | Summer 2023

Summer 2023

  • Brian J. A. Boyd

B.S. Jobs and the Coming Crisis of Meaning

AI will destroy a lot of jobs that are already pointless. Is that really worth celebrating?

From: They’re Here…

Brian J. A. Boyd

Symposium | Summer 2023

Summer 2023

They’re Here…

The AI moment has arrived.
Why This AI Moment May Be the Real Deal
B.S. Jobs and the Coming Crisis of Meaning
AI Can’t Beat Stupid
The Dead Internet to Come
Why I Fired My AI Agent
How the State Built This AI Moment
The Speech of the Dead
Sam Altman Doesn’t Want To Be Your AI King

Essay | Summer 2023

Summer 2023

  • Ari Schulman

Why This AI Moment May Be the Real Deal

This time, believe the hype.

From: They’re Here…

Ari Schulman

Correspondence | Fall 2022

Fall 2022

  • Steven C. Hayes

Is Morality Therapeutic?

A psychologist asks whether patients need to hear hard truths or make hard choices.

Steven C. Hayes

Essay | Spring 2022

Spring 2022

  • Alan Jacobs

Something Happened By Us: A Demonology

A theory of why we’re all going nuts online

From: Saving the Real

Alan Jacobs

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