Instead of Taking Your Job, A.I. Might Transform It
In search of a better understanding of our current moment, I recently went looking for A.I. adopters outside…
Should You Automate Your Life?
“I Am Not a Robot” looks, superficially, like an attempt to assess the value of A.I.—a doomed endeavor,…
Sam Altman Won in Court Against Elon Musk. But, Really, We All Lost
Had Musk v. Altman merely been a petulant matter of injured vanity, it might have played as a…
How a Congressional Primary Became a Proxy Battle Over A.I.
When political candidates rehearse for campaign debates, they commonly cast a surrogate in the role of their rival.…
With A.I., Anyone Can Be an Influencer
The virtual influencer is not, strictly speaking, new. In 2016, a C.G.I. avatar named Lil Miquela appeared on…
What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools?
The message from the White House—and, often, from tech companies and public schools—is that Figure 03 and its…
How Project Maven Put A.I. Into the Kill Chain
But Cukor insists that Maven was never supposed to be a weapon. He frequently defends the project as…
Is It Wrong to Write a Book with A.I.?
And yet the value of a novel isn’t only in its prose. On Amazon, “Shy Girl” has a…
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…
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…
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…