On writing, rupture, and the limits of human and artificial intelligence in a broken world.
Xia Jia | Jun 11
Writers and machines have been in a quiet standoff for decades. ChatGPT has just made it impossible to ignore.
W. Patrick McCray | Apr 27
In Korea and Japan, humanoid machines aren’t rivals but partners, assisting with elder care, creating jobs for people with disabilities, and even leading religious rituals.
Candi K. Cann | Mar 19
Tracing the boundaries of reason through Lucretius and Descartes, and what they reveal about the cognitive limits of both humans and machines.
Andrea Moro | Feb 17
A decade on, the technological implications of “The Stack” are still unfolding, challenging our sense of reality at every scale.
Benjamin H. Bratton | Feb 5
Tech titans keep imbuing AI with spiritual significance. The question is whether they’re building a savior — or a world-eating leviathan.
Shira Chess | Jan 29
The same technology that’s ruining essay writing as a pedagogical tool can help students learn how to reason via conversations.
David Weinberger | Jan 20
Isaac Asimov’s “Handbook of Robotics” imagined simple rules for machine morality. But reality is a maze of contradictions, biases, and blind spots.
De Kai | Dec 15, 2025
Just as the camera once challenged painters, AI is giving rise to a new kind of creativity.
Danny Oppenheimer | Nov 17, 2025
The tech world’s fixation on artificial intelligence has spawned beliefs and rituals that resemble religion — complete with digital deities, moral codes, and threats of damnation.
Greg Epstein | Nov 22, 2024
