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Tyler Cowen and Josh Hawley on AI. Caitlin Flanagan on Jill Biden. Plus. . .
Why we can’t quit the Kennedys. John McWhorter on what followed wokeness. And more.
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Tyler Cowen: AI Isn’t Conscious. Neither Are We.
To understand artificial intelligence, we need to be honest with ourselves: We don’t control—or perceive—very much of what we do.
Tyler Cowen
Senator Josh Hawley: AI Will Control Us If We Do Not Control It
Behind every fight on jobs, data centers, or safety lies a more basic question of who gets to set the rules. And we know the answer favored by Big Tech.
Josh Hawley
I Am Not a Robot (but My Boyfriend Was)
Joanna Stern on the age of AI everything.
Suzy Weiss
1HR 11M
The AI Arms Race: Can Our Intel Community Keep Up? With Anthony Vinci
Are we being spied on all the time? Former intelligence officer Anthony Vinci explains how AI is changing the world of spy craft.
Aaron MacLean
53M
Niall Ferguson: AI Is the Most Dangerous Arms Race in History
The age of artificial intelligence requires the kind of strategic doctrine and arms control that stabilized the Cold War. Right now, we have neither.
Niall Ferguson
Can Intel Save America?
Semiconductors are the most consequential product of the modern world. If Intel can start making chips as advanced as the Taiwanese do, it could help…
Patrick McGee
Arthur Brooks: The Pope’s Guide to the AI Revolution
For all the panic surrounding AI, Pope Leo offers a coherent philosophy for how individuals, leaders, and societies should actually live with it.
Arthur Brooks
Tyler Cowen: Seven Ways to Avoid Losing Your Job to AI
Go into the office, embrace ‘messy jobs,’ and other dos and don’ts for the future workplace.
Tyler Cowen
Searching for God in Silicon Valley
The work of building frontier AI has brought us to the edge of where He might be.
Avital Balwit
Did AI Write This Prize-Winning Story?
Jamir Nazir’s short story was awarded the prestigious Commonwealth Prize. Days later, he was accused of using AI to write it.
Novi Zhukovsky
I Tried to Fall in Love with an AI Chatbot
I thought flirting with an AI chatbot would feel ridiculous. Instead, I found myself pulled into a relationship I knew wasn’t real.
Joanna Stern
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