The ‘Mad Egghead’ Who Built a Mouse Utopia
Lee Alan Dugatkin in The Guardian: Standing before the Royal Society of Medicine in London on 22 June 1972, the ecologist turned psychologist John Bumpass Calhoun, the director of the
Poetry by History’s Greatest Poets or AI? People Can’t Tell the Difference—and Even Prefer the Latter. What Gives?
by Andrew Dean at Singularity Hub: Here are some lines Sylvia Plath never wrote: The air is thick with tension,My mind is a tangled mess,The weight of my emotionsIs heavy
Economic Populism: Republicans For Labor
“We’re for American workers who want to build a life in their homes with dignified jobs and raise the families supported by those dignified jobs.” … Continue readingEconomic Populism: Republicans For Labor
What Does Democracy Look Like?
That we associate democracy with political demonstration is no surprise. After all, democracy is the rule of the people, and… … Continue readingWhat Does Democracy Look Like?
Marlon Brando, Elia Kazan, and the Tumultuous Making of On the Waterfront
How the classic film, made in the wake of the McCarthy-era Red-hunting trials, pitted director Elia Kazan against star Marlon Brando. … Continue readingMarlon Brando, Elia Kazan, and the Tumultuous Making of On the Waterfront
Factory Robot Convinces 12 Other Robots to Go on Strike
A real-life sci-fi scenario unfolded in Shanghai, China, when a small AI-powered robot managed to… … Continue readingFactory Robot Convinces 12 Other Robots to Go on Strike
The Surprising Benefits of Talking Out Loud to Yourself
Why people talk out loud to themselves is to deal with “situations that are novel or highly stressful, or… … Continue readingThe Surprising Benefits of Talking Out Loud to Yourself
Ayad Akhtar Wants Writers to Reckon with AI
McNeal, the new play by Ayad Akhtar, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Disgraced, focuses on an egocentric, self-destructive… … Continue readingAyad Akhtar Wants Writers to Reckon with AI
Saturday Poem: I’m Not Old
I am the standing ovation At the end of the play. I am the retrospective Of my life as art. I am the hours Connected like dots. … Continue readingSaturday Poem: I’m Not Old
America and the World
(T)he period between the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, and the election of Donald Trump exactly thirty-five years later comes to constitute an ‘era’… … Continue readingAmerica and the World
AI Poetry Rated Better Than Poems Written By Humans
Findings suggest non-expert poetry readers who participated preferred AI works because they find them more straightforward and accessible. … Continue readingAI Poetry Rated Better Than Poems Written By Humans
Fighting the Far Right in India
Sarah Thankam Mathews at Lux converses with Raghu Karnad on the Hindu nationalist right and the trial of Arundhati Roy. … Continue readingFighting the Far Right in India