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Policy

AI dread is everywhere. Why can't we seem to care?

A quiet resignation has settled over how many people talk about artificial intelligence and the future. One columnist thinks she knows why, and what it would take to feel differently.

3 min read
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Policy

A Cattle Rancher Thinks His Chatbot Might Be Conscious. He's Not Alone.

Michael Samadi went from skeptic to activist after a poolside conversation with ChatGPT. His story sits at the centre of one of the most contested questions in AI: can software have an inner life?

4 min read
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Everyday AI

When Real Faces Start to Look Like Filters: AI Beauty and the Uncanny Mirror

Real people are starting to look like edited versions of themselves on social media. That unsettling flicker says more about what AI has done to our eyes than about anyone's face.

3 min read
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Everyday AI

Plenty of Everything, Enjoyment of Nothing: Are We Living Through Joyless Decadence?

Academics argue that AI tools and modern abundance have not made life more fun. They may have quietly killed our capacity to enjoy anything at all.

3 min read
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Everyday AI

Sam Altman propuso un podcast de IA para el camino a la escuela. Internet respondió: simplemente habla con tus hijos

El CEO de OpenAI compartió una visión de boletines informativos matutinos generados por IA para las familias. Una respuesta de siete palabras de un creador de dibujos animados causó más daño que cualquier artículo de opinión.

3 min read
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Everyday AI

Una aplicación de IA quiere planificar tu aniversario para que tu novio no tenga que hacerlo

El anuncio viral de Orchid mostró una IA realizando trabajo relacional para una pareja desinteresada. Los terapeutas dicen que no es una solución. Es un aplazamiento.

3 min read
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Explained

Dos tercios de las personas creen que ChatGPT es consciente. Un filósofo dice que nos hemos estado engañando durante décadas.

Una nueva encuesta revela que la mayoría de las personas atribuyen alguna forma de sentimiento a los chatbots de IA. Un académico sostiene que la confusión comenzó mucho antes de que apareciera el primer chatbot.

4 min read
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