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AI Isn’t Human. Stop Talking About It Like It Is.
Anthropic’s latest research reveals how Claude reasons internally, but it offers no evidence that AI has the kind of consciousness or experience that…
Spencer Klavan
America’s Next 250 Years Are Ours to Build
In 1776, there was no electricity, no anesthesia, and no running water. The Founders still built something that changed the world. What comes next is up…
Scott Nolan
I Co-Founded Wikipedia. Now I’m Banned for Life.
The world’s largest encyclopedia was overrun by bias and censorship—and pushed me out when I tried to fix it.
Larry Sanger
I Gave a Robot Access to My Apartment. Plus. . .
Freya India on the commodification of Christianity. Why are college math professors having to review fractions? An evening with Zohran Mamdani’s…
The Free Press
Training Robots In My Apartment
Two college kids showed up with Clorox, and cameras on their heads—and filmed themselves cleaning. The footage will train robots. I feel awkward about…
Suzy Weiss
When Faith Is Just an App
Christianity is all over social media. For a while, I thought my generation might be finding God. Now I worry we are just finding content about God.
Freya India
A Manufacturing Revolution Is Happening—in Space
Drugs. Fiberoptic cables. Data centers. Thanks to SpaceX, it’s a boom time for manufacturing goods in space.
Sean Fischer
I Am Not a Robot (but My Boyfriend Was)
Joanna Stern on the age of AI everything.
Suzy Weiss
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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
How to Raise ‘AI-Native’ Kids
They’re vibe coding with the kids on Saturday mornings and using a bot as a 24-7 family therapist. Meet the parents who have seen the future and want…
Evan Gardner
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
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