Technology
Workers Who Fear AI May be More Prone to Slacking Off
“Jobs apocalypse” or not, threats have consequences
Our Messy Cyborg Past and Future
Mike Jay, author of “Wireheads,” on the murky borderlands where the science and fiction of mind control meet
Mere Minutes With AI Causes a Sharp Drop in Persistence
How much cognitive offloading is too much?
A Recipe to Stop AI from Going Rogue
This formula aims to prevent LLMs from doing things that endanger humans
Creating Fake People is a Terrible Idea
So why is a company pursuing digital avatars with such gusto?
Human Vision Has Quirks That AI Can’t Match
Your robot butler can’t do a Magic Eye poster… yet
Where Did the “Social Magic” Go?
A conversation with an Icelandic sociologist about the paradox of connection in our digital age
“Morally Binding” AI Safety Pledge Mocked
AI Safety experts seem to agree the companies can’t self-regulate, and the new White House accord lacks teeth
Who Is Claude Trying to Kid?
Confessing to being mechanical is the most mechanical trick of all
Isaac Asimov Showed Us How to Avoid the AI Apocalypse
But the famed sci-fi author’s 80-year-old rules of robotics may need some updating
