AI

Peg’s Midwife

What happens when AI delivers your baby

Sep 2 •

How To Be More Thoughtful About AI: A Book Review of Karen Hao’s New Empire of AI

Porn in the data, Bill Gates, and Koko the gorilla

Aug 22 •

The Voice of a Skeptic: Gary Marcus and the Rhetoric of AI

Arguing about the limits of LLMs

Aug 15 •

The Innocent A-Eye

AI generated images are creating an environment where we can't trust what we see

Aug 5 •

Von Interviews Altman: The Rhetoric of Progress

The arc of history bends upward, apparently

Jul 31 •

The AI Flattery Machine

The digital Yes Man, the algorithmic brown noser

Jul 29 •

Self-Actualization and Romantic AI Relationships

Replika, Nomi, and the Rhetoric of AI Romantic Relationships

Jul 22 •

The Genius of "No"

Say "no" like you mean it, because AI can't

Jun 30 •

Deep Reading, Deep Thinking: Newport and Carr

Reflections on AI-bingeing, the skimmable, and the shallow

Apr 7 •

Experiments with AI: Jack Nicholson and Burning Semicolons

Testing the limits of ChatGPT and Sora

Mar 19 •

The ChatGPT Millionaire Phenomenon

AI and the Distraction of Economic Individualism

Jun 27, 2024 •

Existential Quiz: AI Art is Real Art

Again, there's one and only one right answer.

May 2, 2024 •

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