Alien: Earth is unfriendly and brilliant
What makes the show distinctive, and will undoubtedly account for its interest over future weeks, is its marriage between human consciousness and android bodies
Ai
Monday
Thursday
Trump gives the government to the machines
‘It’s not artificial, it’s genius’
Tuesday
The real threat of AI is spiritual
We’re primed to think of any existential threat from computers as fiction
What happens when AI surpasses humans?
Old technology doesn’t disappear because it’s bad: it disappears because it’s outcompeted
The race to superintelligence
Whoever owns the winning model will wield unimaginable power
Should AI have rights?
Some scientists believe they might be creating life
In the age of AI, humans must keep learning
We will need well-trained natural brains if we are to keep the artificial brains we have created under control
How should AI be regulated?
The mistakes and successes of earlier tech revolutions should be pondered
The 2020s are too far-fetched for fiction
There are too many loose ends. Too many vanishing subplots
The internet is dying and so are we
If we aren’t dead inside already, tech is doing its best
Monday
Musk’s chatbot stumbles again
No living human has had a week as tumultuous as Grok
Saturday
How AI will reignite woke
Woke politics are a way of signifying that you are high-status – and all of this status anxiety is about to be supercharged by AI
Sunday
America’s next president must study Trump’s golden escalator ride
The question today is: what’s the next unsayable truth?
Tuesday
The architects of ‘AI rights’ are a threat to humanity
Inside the body-denying ideology moving fast towards a technological dystopia
Wednesday
Forget AI, students are already cheating their way through exams
So long as colleges rely on technology to administer exams, students stay one step ahead
Tuesday
Is the AI boom already over?
Investors would be rash to bet against the US, and in particular its tech industry
The sad decline of painting
Pick up a paintbrush in a state-funded art school these days and you’ll be shown the door
Thursday
What if AI seduces our children?
This can and probably will occur
Wednesday
Could this be the last time I ever have to pay my taxes?
President Trump has proposed abolishing income tax for all Americans who make less than $150,000 a year
Monday
Black Mirror season seven offers a welcome return to form
The high-class latest installment allows audiences to relish great storytelling, done extremely well
