The Cow Chips Fall Where They May
It’s a Wisconsin tradition, and I was pooped at the end.
Capitalism, Schmapitalism
What if “capitalism” doesn’t actually exist?
The Ghost in the Geranium
Decoding Facebook’s AI Empathy Farms
No Language Model Will Ever Serve a Tennis Ball
Some people are predicting the imminent arrival of “artificial general intelligence.” I’m skeptical, because they haven’t defined what that means.
The Case of the Synthetic Starlet
Rhea Seehorn reached out to thank me, and for a brief, flattered moment I wanted to believe it. Welcome to the age of scalable intimacy.
I Came, I Saw, I Walked Uphill
I missed my target time, walked some hills, got beaten by Joe from Madison, and still somehow won my age division.
Machines Are Eating My Brain, and I Think I Like It
The real danger of AI is not that it gets things wrong, but that it tempts us to stop thinking for ourselves.
Intelligence, Consciousness and Language
The category errors we keep making about artificial intelligence
The Last Thin Man
In the land where cheeseburgers reign supreme, I fight a never-ending battle of the bulge.
Human, All Too Human
We’ve found the problem with artificial intelligence, and it is us.
The Worse-Is-Better Theory of History
No one ever went broke telling people that the world is going to hell.
Still Dancing at 100: Lessons from Dick Van Dyke
His secret isn’t denial of age or brute discipline, but a lifelong insistence on joy, play, and self-mockery.
Bad Guys in Disguise
When righteousness gets a taste for blood, morality’s heroes stare into the abyss and the abyss stares back.
The Long Goodbye to Sugar: Jack LaLanne’s Hardboiled Health Code
I grew up watching Jack LaLanne’s fitness-oriented television show. When I dug into the story of his life, I found some surprises.
Just Look at the Degree on that Chick
What an ant scientist can teach us about shame
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