Made In Our Image
The philosophies of AI and what they reveal about us.
We can’t predict the future of artificial intelligence, but we do know its origin: us. The models we use today were trained on unfathomably huge sums of human-generated text: our books and blogs, our science and myths, our jokes and lies. In the output of language models, we see glimpses of ourselves refracted through a strange new form of intelligence we’re only beginning to understand. This issue is an attempt to make sense of those refractions — to use philosophy to turn over hard questions until we start to see them more clearly.
10 perspectives that divide the AI world
AI will likely impact everything from the economy to the battlefield, but exactly how remains to be seen.
In November 2022, I took on a writing assignment that, looking back, may have had a bigger impact on my life than any other: interview ChatGPT. It was the first day that OpenAI’s tool was available to the public, and my goal was to try to make sense of the tech — and then help readers make sense of it — by asking it questions about itself.
Why the AI boom is creating a hunger for human connection
As AI makes life more efficient, people are seeking out real-world community — and all its messiness.
China is mass-producing slop at a scale the world has never seen
I thought China’s AI video boom was driven by creativity, innovation, and tech diffusion. I was wrong.
