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Rethinking the war on invasive species
Burmese pythons are believed to have arrived in South Florida as pets in the 1980s, and then were released by frustrated owners who got tired
The lawsuits seeking to keep drag queens legal, explained
Drag queen Brigitte Bandit reads a book during a drag time story hour at The Little Gay Shop fashion accessories store on August 26, 2023,
Bonuses are a little bit bogus
Paige Vickers/Vox Ask your boss for a raise instead of a bonus. Really. I am not saying that the next time your boss offers you
What if AI treats humans the way we treat animals?
Asya Demidova for Vox The dehumanizing philosophy of AI is built on a hatred of our animal nature. By now, you may have heard —
100 years of fearing robots
Asya Demidova for Vox For over a century, we’ve told stories about robots to ask what it means to be human. An oddity of our
Artificial intelligence: A love story
Asya Demidova for Vox Our metaphorical obsession with AIs that love us is finally becoming literal. When Spike Jonze’s Her came out in 2013, I
Silicon Valley’s vision for AI? It’s religion, repackaged.
Asya Demidova for Vox It’s no accident — the intertwining of religion and technology is centuries old. Suppose I told you that in 10 years,
What will love and death mean in the age of machine intelligence?
Asya Demidova for Vox We already rely on AI to find our soulmate, and soon we might use it to hack death. But we risk
Oh no, it’s iPhone upgrade season
An enthusiastic customer celebrates outside of the Apple Store during the iPhone 6 launch in 2014, when this was a normal thing to do. |