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Generative Art Is Challenging What It Means to Be Human
It’s unlikely that Thaler will get the acceptance of the Creativity Machine’s…
Parents Need to Know What’s Going On Inside Their Day Care Apps
Last year, like many new parents, I was walking the extreme tightrope…
Russia Should Pay for Its Environmental War Crimes
As Russian bombs and bullets have shattered buildings and ended lives, Ukrainian…
The Story You’ve Heard About Cities and the Drug Crisis Is Wrong
When journalists on the fashion beat accept conventional wisdom as fact and…
My Problem With Pronouns
A conservative friend suggests banning all adjectives—eliminate identifiers entirely. “Conservative,” for example.…
It’s Time to Burn Medical Consent Forms
What could this look like? What could someone change today, right now,…
What Black One Direction Fans Reveal About Activism
Gabrielle Foster had been a fan of One Direction since she was…
What Black One Direction Fans Reveal About Activism and Fandom
Gabrielle Foster had been a fan of One Direction since she was…
‘Is This AI Sapient?’ Is the Wrong Question to Ask About LaMDA
The uproar caused by Blake Lemoine, a Google engineer who believes that…