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Thoreau’s adage “beware of all enterprises that require new clothes” should perhaps be updated to “beware of all enterprises that require venture capital.” Morozov argues that AI itself has much to ...

In an interview in May, the head of the Israeli military intelligence’s targeting division responded to outrage over the civilian death toll in Gaza by boasting that algorithmic surveillance systems ...

Interns gain exposure to the world of magazine editing and publishing by assisting with fact checking, proofreading, evaluating submissions, web and newsletter production, and other engagement and ...

For a technology that seems startling in its modernity, AI sure has a long history. Google Translate, OpenAI chatbots, and Meta AI image generators are built on decades of advancements in linguistics, ...

I’ve spent so many years among the Luddites—among oral histories, archived letters, and old newspaper articles about them—that there are scenes from their history that are so seared into my brain, ...

The killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, Brian Thompson, in an apparent assassination this week has led to an outpouring of popular rage against health insurance companies from across the political ...

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Morozov’s paean to “ecological reason” is a breath of fresh air, demonstrating how the Cold War perverted not only AI development but our capacity to imagine alternatives—technological forms ...

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Morozov poses a provocative question, asking how AI might have been directed to different ends than the ones that drive the runaway industry today. As with any technology, we need to question both the ...

I confess I’ve become weary of reading about AI. I am tired of the self-serving mythologizing of its proponents. I am also tired of thinking about its horrific environmental impact, its potential for ...