The Team Behind a Pro-Iran, Lego-Themed Viral-Video Campaign
Explosive News posted its first Lego-style videos during the U.S. and Israel’s bombing campaign on Iranian nuclear facilities…
Why Tech Bros Are Now Obsessed with Taste
With artificial intelligence continuing to dominate corporate strategies and news headlines, Silicon Valley has embraced a new buzzword,…
Anthropic and Donald Trump’s Dangerous Alignment Problem
In the new year, Musk welcomed Hegseth to a meeting at SpaceX headquarters, where Hegseth unveiled a new…
How Nick Land Became Silicon Valley’s Favorite Doomsayer
Land has always been a controversial figure, but not for the same reasons he is now. In the…
The Dangerous Paradox of A.I. Abundance
Even if A.I. doesn’t greatly accelerate economic growth, there’s the issue of how it affects employment and wages.…
The Robot and the Philosopher
Sophia wasn’t particularly talkative that evening. Earlier that day, she’d been onstage at the conference I was attending…
Why A.I. Didn’t Transform Our Lives in 2025
One year ago, Sam Altman, the C.E.O. of OpenAI, made a bold prediction: “We believe that, in 2025,…
The Role of Doctors Is Changing Forever
Historically, medicine’s power rested on a specific kind of cultural authority—the ability to determine not only what diseases…
Sora 2 and the Limits of Digital Narcissism
During the past few weeks, I’ve seen a proliferation of A.I.-generated video in my social-media feeds and group…
Will A.I. Trap You in the “Permanent Underclass”?
The “lumpenproletariat,” according to “The Communist Manifesto,” is “the social scum, that passively rotting mass thrown off by…