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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. AI Is a Language Microwave
Easy, convenient, and far from perfect
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. The Secret That Dr. Ruth Knew
She left exactly when we need her most.
Jillian Edelstein / Camera Press / Redux The Future of Writing Is a Lot Like Hip-Hop
A new kind of literary curation will be the defining skill for the next era of human creativity.
Photo-illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Welcome to the Big Blur
Thanks to AI, every written word now comes with a question.
Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Getty The Fine Art of Failure
Rejection, not acceptance, defines writing life.
Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic; Getty The College Essay Is Dead
Nobody is prepared for how AI will transform academia.
Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Getty We’re Witnessing the Birth of a New Artistic Medium
Expect AI art to go the way of Warhol.
Wikimedia; The Atlantic Of God and Machines
The future of artificial intelligence is neither utopian nor dystopian—it’s something much more interesting.
Corey Olsen / The Atlantic Google’s AI Is Something Even Stranger Than Conscious
Machine sentience is overrated.
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