The Flip-Phone Cleanse
I spent a month with a group of people who aspire to a state of offline bliss.
Artificial Intelligence
The dawn of a new machine age.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX Endgame
The world’s richest man is accruing more power than ever before.
Is Hurry the Great Enemy of Spiritual Life?
Pastor John Mark Comer has won a massive audience by encouraging his followers to free themselves from the gnawing sense that there is always more to do.
The Allbirds Pivot Is a Terrible Idea … Right?
Its turn to AI could be an escape hatch for a company with nothing to lose.
The Most Important Job Skill of This Century
Your work future could depend on how well you can talk to AI.
More Seinfeld Than Seinfeld Itself
An AI version of the classic sitcom was funny—until it wasn’t.
A Machine Crushed Us at Pokémon
Mastering games could be the first step to mastering real life.
ChatGPT Is About to Dump More Work on Everyone
Artificial intelligence could spare you some effort. Even if it does, it will create a lot more work in the process.
The Difference Between Speaking and Thinking
The human brain could explain why AI programs are so good at writing grammatically superb nonsense.
Death by a Thousand Personality Quizzes
AI-assisted internet posting is already in a race to the bottom.
What Happens When AI Has Read Everything?
The dream of an artificial mind may never become a reality if AI runs out of quality prose to ingest—and there isn’t much left.
Generative Art Is Stupid
And that’s how it should be.
A Chatbot’s Predictions for the Future of AI
Plus: Is pet adoption a good idea?
Money Will Kill ChatGPT’s Magic
Buzzy products like ChatGPT and DALL-E 2 will have to turn a profit eventually.