OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has long advocated for humanity to 'merge' with artificial superintelligence, suggesting brain uploading as a path to survival. Critics argue this digital afterlife would only be…
Jerusalem Demsas argues that the appeal of bad art, such as romance novels, lies in its predictability and lack of challenge, offering a soothing escape that good art cannot provide. She distinguishes…
Anthropic launched Claude Design, a research-preview visual design product for subscribers, on April 17, 2026. The tool, powered by a new vision model, generates a distinctive aesthetic of warm, edito…
The rush to study generative AI is creating a feedback loop of topical and methodological convergence in social and behavioral sciences, flattening scientific imagination and crowding out pluralism. E…
Philosopher and AI researcher David Thorstad critiques Ted Chiang's recent essay denying machine consciousness, arguing that Chiang's claims are unsupported by evidence and that the possibility of AI …
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said he left OpenAI because he didn't trust Sam Altman, stating 'why argue with someone when you don't trust them?' in a Bloomberg interview. Amodei expressed peace with the…
According to a recent article from *The New Yorker Radio Hour*, a longtime FEMA employee reports that morale within the agency has never been lower. The insider attributes this decline to internal lea…
The article is a daily humor roundup from *The New Yorker*, featuring a cartoon and a list of comedic headlines or prompts, such as "Tough-guy things I can do because I don’t wear a face mask" and "Hi…
The article summarizes a podcast discussion between New Yorker staff writer Jason Zengerle and Tyler Foggatt about House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. They analyze Jeffries’ strategy of balancing o…
David O'Neill reviews Lucy Ives's unconventional writing prompt collection "three six five," which includes tasks like reviewing an imaginary book or writing a thirty-page sentence, designed to make "…