How an Ancient Story of Renegade Rabbis Caught With Black Market Technology Can Help Us Navigate ChatGPT’s Apocalyptic Aura
The promise—and the threat—of artificial intelligence is that the world as we know it is…
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Via Jokes, ChatGPT Chooses Which Religious Traditions and Figures Deserve Respect — And Therefore What Counts as ‘Religion’
ChatGPT is all the rage. It even drives some people into a rage. It does…
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Putin’s Violent Holy War Rhetoric Made it to the Christian Right Fringe — And There’s Reason to Believe it’ll Go Mainstream
It starts with a tweet: It's time for Christians in every country to come to…
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The Revelation of Kurt Andersen: With ‘Evil Geniuses’ a Media Mandarin Discovers Plutocracy
When I showed up at New York’s Judson Church in 1994 at least some of…
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A Meeting of Minds… and Computers: What Are the Costs of Using Technology to Merge Humans with Machines?
Facebook and Elon Musk have recently announced ventures that could transform what it means to be human. The potential is enormous—but so are the risks.
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Lo and Behold, the Sacredness of the Internet
Filmmaker Werner Herzog asks: “Does the internet dream of itself?”
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“We Blew it” on Climate Change, But May Survive Anyway: An RD Discussion with the First Transhumanist Candidate
Presidential candidates currently fall into two camps. In the first, you have about 20 Republican…
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The Problem with AMC’s Sci-Fi Hit Humans
The following essay contains some minor spoilers. – eds. Imagine a world where robots look,…
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Talking Salsa with Douglas Hofstadter, Enigmatic Author of Gödel, Escher, Bach
The cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter is well known for his pioneering work on artificial intelligence,…
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The Avengers, Rogue Roombas, and Robot Accountability
Artificial intelligence is taking over—at least in Hollywood. In 2013, there was Spike Jonze’s acclaimed…
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