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The promise of liberation from drudgery quickly becomes liberation from purpose.

Tradeoffs we should not be willing to tolerate.

In trying to systematize relationships between words and humans, both medieval scholasticism and today’s automated dialogue sterilize the sources of human vitality.

As I unburdened myself of mask and chest protector I swore I would never again gainsay a ruling, no matter how dubious, of the fellow behind the plate ...

Phillips and Pauling help us to consider new emerging technologies and how we can avoid becoming cyborgs living off grubs and gruel.

Colleges and universities should focus on forming the uniquely human attributes that AI cannot replicate.

We don’t have to ride along.

They accepted that the law of human judgment was Mercy—after all, that was the law of divine judgment.

Chatbots aren’t new. Joseph Weizenbaum created one in 1966. And what happened next led him to become a vocal critic of his own creation. What did he see that we…

We are forgetting about other ways AI may be affecting people close to us, even ourselves.

When the algorithm identifies someone as a “gang member” based on human-generated criteria, the model’s “ground truth,” however flawed, becomes a stand-in for reality.

We have long drawn a dividing line between technology and humans, imbuing one with ethical responsibility and treating the other as merely contingent— therefore, technologies are “neutral” and it’s simply…

AI is a technology that eliminates process. It offers the grail without the quest.

Chuck dreams of overcoming his allergy so he can reenter normal society. We reject the status quo because we want something better for our kids.

Skidelsky’s expertise is on full display as he tells the story of the impact of machines on the human condition.

Similarly, I believe that most people can tell the difference between ugly and beautiful buildings.

Perhaps AI isn’t referring to the technology itself, but only those who use it.

Sometimes, it’s okay to be scared. At the very worst, it’s just a story.

This year I’m renewing my commitment to the sentence.

No question about it: For writers like me, who would like nothing more than to do our own writing and thinking with dignity and intellectual honesty, it’s becoming harder to…

If classical schools insist on banning AI in all forms, their kids will be left behind.

To rush AI into the classroom or into daily life is to put student well-being at stake. And as Kingsnorth reminds us, refusal to accept certain forms of technology can…

The promise of AI is utopian and seems futuristic, but its effects on the educational landscape will make students nostalgic for the pre-ChatGPT days of yore.

Rather than empowering us to live in humble confidence in relationship with others and our maker, AI offers us a choice similar to that which confronted Esau.