The hidden stakes of letting AI tell us what we want to hear
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America — and the media — needs a Covid reckoning
In the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic, the media did not exactly cover itself in glory. To quote
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16:20
China’s new AI agent Manus calls its own shots
Modern large language models are really good at a lot of tasks, like coding, essay writing, translation, and research. But
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01:21
How the Los Angeles fires highlight the challenge of disaster relief
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15:19
In defense of the washing machine
I write reasonably often about degrowth, the movement to save the world by shrinking the economy. Why? After all, it’s
Kelsey Piper
19:52
Shrinking the economy won’t save the planet
Could we solve climate change if we just accepted being dramatically poorer, forever? As I’ve written before, the answer is
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05:03
There’s a fix for AI-generated essays. Why aren’t we using it?
It’s the start of the school year, and thus the start of a fresh round of discourse on generative AI’s
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23:49
The AI safety bill Big Tech hates has passed the California legislature
If I build a car that is far more dangerous than other cars, don’t do any safety testing, release it,
