“What If Readers Like AI-Generated Fiction?”
On “Performative Reading”
Atul Gawande On The Shutdown Of USAID
“As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children. The toll is appalling and will continue to grow.”
“Should College Get Harder” In An Age Of AI?
“Playing The Field With My AI Boyfriends”
Anthony Lane: In Praise Of Christopher Marlowe
“What Is Culture In The Age of A.I.?”
“What is the most important thing humanity has engineered? … Arguably, it wasn’t the internet, or agriculture. It was the creation of the systemic and institutional trust that was required for us to build societies. And a lot to that engineering was actually collective stories — God, government — that helped us see ourselves as […]
“The History Of The New Yorker’s Vaunted Fact-Checking Department”
“New checkers are advised that you can’t trust books—they tend not to be fact-checked. But reference works help, and endnotes are a gold mine.”
Paul Bloom On Loneliness And AI Companions
“There’s a risk in becoming too attached to these fawning A.I.s. Imagine a teen-ager who never learns to read the social cues for boredom in others, because his companion is always captivated by his monologues, or an adult who loses the knack for apologizing, because her digital friend never pushes back… A.I. companions should be […]