I Think, Therefore I Am Getting Paid by an AI Company
Silicon Valley is turning to philosophers to help build better bots.…
Category: Opinion
Binge Drinking Has Never Been Easier
The new generation of canned cocktails is not your mother’s White Claw.…
Photos: A Graduation, A Celebration, And Self-Deportation
John Moore, a photojournalist with Getty Images, recently traveled with Marvin Suazo and his family on a final…
How to Save the Supreme Court From Itself
Kate Shaw on reforming the U.S. Supreme Court. Plus: extremism in the Democratic Party, and the history of…
No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious
Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning. …
We’ve Made Some Totally Planned Changes to America’s 250th
Who needed music anyway?…
The Uncertain Future of the Smithsonian’s Smallest Museum
The Anacostia Community Museum was a pioneer in preserving Black history. Will that be enough to save it…
China’s Economy Is Taking Everyone Down
American and Chinese workers are paying a high price for all the cheap goods.…
PFAS in ski wax: Despite bans, these forever chemicals linger in wax rooms, study shows – so does their health risk
New research offers a cautionary tale about the difficulty of removing ‘forever chemicals’ from the environment.…
How ‘monoculture’ became a catchall for two opposing anxieties – that we no longer share enough, and that we all share too much
The term’s contradictory uses signal deeper worries about cultural fragmenting and algorithmic-induced flattening.…