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Waiting For the Robot Rembrandt

What needs to happen for artificial intelligence to make fine art.

January 18, 2018

Buying Freedom

What happens when you barter a jail break for the wrong person?

December 8, 2017

Andy Weir Visits the Moon

The best-selling writer of “The Martian” has a new book out, and it’s set closer to home.

November 10, 2017

The Last Invention of Man

How AI might take over the world.

September 25, 2017

The Case for Treating Gatsby as a Real Person

Tibetan Buddhists have a concept called the “tulpa,” thought-created beings who develop an existence independent of their creators.

August 14, 2017

The Typewriter’s Love of the Desert

Reflections on Sam Shepard’s time at the Santa Fe Institute.

August 3, 2017