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We Can’t Imagine the Future of AI • That’s the whole point.

Key AI Terms

SpaceX Edges Closer to the Moon

Launch Approved? Not So Fast, Says Sluggish FAA

Is Chinese Garlic a Threat to National Security?

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Don’t Co-Parent With Congress

The ‘Migrant Crime’ Wave, Debunked

Migrant Crime Wave? Data Tells a Different Story

Caging Lab-Grown Meat

The List • THE AI BOOM is causing a stir in workspaces and markets. Unsurprisingly, the conversation thus far has been dominated by panic, mostly over lost jobs. But AI also promises to make everyone’s lives easier in a variety of ways. Don’t let the gloomy narrative keep you from taking advantage of these useful life hacks.

An Early Test for Alzheimer’s

The Alzheimer’s Test You’re Not Allowed To Have

Biden Exaggerates Marijuana Reforms

Getting High With AI

IN THE AI ECONOMY, THERE WILL BE ZERO PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT • THE DEMAND FOR INTELLIGENCE AND LABOR WILL ALWAYS BE GREATER THAN THE SUPPLY.

AI Is Like a Bad Metaphor

THE FUTURE OF AI IS HELPING US DISCOVER THE PAST • HISTORICAL TEACHING AND RESEARCH ARE BEING REVAMPED BY AI.

ANTI-TRUST MAY SMOTHER THE POWER OF AI • LEFT ALONE, AI COULD ACTUALLY HELP SMALL FIRMS COMPETE WITH TECH GIANTS.

LONG LIVE THE FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY? • AI WRITES A PRETTY GOOD ANALYSIS OF 1984.

THE NIGHT I ASKED CHATGPT HOW TO BUILD A BOMB • YES, YOU CAN TRICK THE BOT INTO GIVING YOU INFORMATION IT’S SUPPOSED TO KEEP TO ITSELF. NO, THAT ISN’T SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

THE CASE OF THE AI-GENERATED GIANT RAT PENIS • HOW DID AN OBVIOUSLY FABRICATED ARTICLE END UP IN A PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL?

AI’s Cozy Crony Capitalism • WHAT HAPPENS TO REGULATION WHEN THE BAPTISTS ARE ALSO THE BOOTLEGGERS?

AI CAN DO PAPERWORK DOCTORS HATE • WITH HELP FROM AI, DOCTORS CAN FOCUS ON PATIENTS.

AI WARFARE IS BORING BUT DEADLY • BUREAUCRATS IN CUBICLES WILL KILL MORE PEOPLE THAN TERMINATOR ROBOTS WILL.

AI Is Like Our Descendants

The Best of reason Magazine • A weekly selection from Reason—the magazine of free minds and free markets—read by AI. Find it at reason.com/podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

THE GREAT BLACK POPE AND ASIAN NAZI DEBACLE OF 2024 • EXCITING NEW AI TOOLS ARE STILL BEING SHAPED BY HUMAN BEINGS.

THE POWERFUL UNPREDICTABILITY OF AI • Physicist and engineer Stephen Wolfram on whether artificial intelligence can fix science, regulation, and innovation

Wicked Problems Remain • REVOLUTIONARY NEW TECHNOLOGIES WILL NEVER REPLACE THE NEED FOR MARKETS.

AI Is Like Sci-Fi

THE FUTURE OF PORN IS CONSENSUAL DEEPFAKES • THE CASE FOR CONSENSUAL CONCEPT CAPTURE

‘AI BULLSHIT’ MAKES POETS MAD • IS IT STILL CHEATING IF YOU SPEND MORE TIME TRAINING THE AI THAN YOU WOULD HAVE SPENT WRITING THE POEMS YOURSELF?

AI Is Coming for Hollywood’s Jobs • BUT SO IS EVERYONE ELSE.

The Complicated History of the Spy in Your Pocket

Blaming Tech for Teen Troubles • Jonathan Haidt’s clever, insufficient case against smartphones

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ARCHIVES • Excerpts about AI from Reason’s vaults

The Invisible Hand Writes Code

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