How people actually use ChatGPT and Claude
The year is 1956. You’re a researcher working at International Business Machines, the world’s leading tabulating machine company,…
Moral scrupulosity: How to be a good person — without ruining your life
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral…
Social Security retirement age: How to raise it without hurting poor people
The other day, economist Tyler Cowen made an offhand observation that took me aback a bit: that the…
The debate behind SB 53, the California bill trying to prevent AI from building nukes
When it comes to AI, as California goes, so goes the nation. The biggest state in the US…
AI forecasting tournament tried to predict 2025. It couldn’t.
Two of the smartest people I follow in the AI world recently sat down to check in on…
How Botswana nearly eliminated childhood HIV, in one chart.
Botswana has been getting a lot of calls lately from across the African continent, prodding the nation —…
Future Perfect mailbag: Is AI lying? And other reader questions, answered.
For the last few years, we’ve been asking Future Perfect newsletter readers what their biggest questions are. And…
AI scheming: Are ChatGPT, Claude, and other chatbots plotting our doom?
The last word you want to hear in a conversation about AI’s capabilities is “scheming.” An AI system…