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We’re Already at Risk of Ceding Our Humanity to AI

We’re Already at Risk of Ceding Our Humanity to AI

Surekha Davies on Machines, Monsters and Why Humanity is Still Worth Fighting For

By Surekha Davies | February 6, 2025

Love Learned Through Pain: On Why We Need to Record and Respect Grief

Love Learned Through Pain: On Why We Need to Record and Respect Grief

Ariana Reines Remembers Her Mother's Passing in a World of Increasing Technological Numbness

By Ariana Reines | October 25, 2024

Why Robots Won’t Be Taking Over the World Anytime Soon

Why Robots Won’t Be Taking Over the World Anytime Soon

Nicole Kobie on the Potential and Limits of Android Intelligence and Autonomy

By Nicole Kobie | September 26, 2024

A.I. Chatbot, Will You Be My Friend? Seven Stories of Robot-Human Relationships

A.I. Chatbot, Will You Be My Friend? Seven Stories of Robot-Human Relationships

Sierra Greer Recommends Work by Richard Powers, Isaac Asimov, Jessie Ren Marshall, and More

By Sierra Greer | March 22, 2024

How a 20th-Century Czech Play Influences Our Understanding of Science and Humanity

How a 20th-Century Czech Play Influences Our Understanding of Science and Humanity

Jitka Čejková Commemorates the Centennial of Karel Čapek’s R.U.R.

By Jitka Čejková | January 16, 2024

Robots Are People, Too: On the Ways Writers Use Non-Human Characters to Tell Human Stories

Robots Are People, Too: On the Ways Writers Use Non-Human Characters to Tell Human Stories

Allegories, Companions, Advisor, Otherworldly, and Outsiders

By Dan Hope | October 6, 2023

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An economist predicts that rather than replacing us, ChatGPT will be a "calculator for writing."

By Jessie Gaynor | January 19, 2023

So, What Exactly Does Our Robot Future Look Like?

By Dr. Steven Novella with Bob Novella & Jay Novella | September 29, 2022

On the Life of Czech Sci-Fi Author Karel Čapek, the Man Who Coined the Term “Robot”

By History of Literature | July 12, 2022

This Virginia library is getting kids to read . . . through robot companionship.

This Virginia library is getting kids to read . . . through robot companionship.

By Walker Caplan | October 6, 2021

The Imitation of Consciousness: On the Present and Future of Natural Language Processing

The Imitation of Consciousness: On the Present and Future of Natural Language Processing

Stephen Marche Considers AI, Machine Learning, and “the Labyrinth of Another’s Being”

By Stephen Marche | June 23, 2021

Kazuo Ishiguro thinks artificial intelligence could replace human novelists.

Kazuo Ishiguro thinks artificial intelligence could replace human novelists.

By Walker Caplan | March 4, 2021

Can a robot write a play? We’ll find out this month.

Can a robot write a play? We’ll find out this month.

By Walker Caplan | February 18, 2021

Have Robots... Always Been With Us?

Have Robots... Always Been With Us?

Rebecca Morgan Frank on Books by Charles Dickens, Elizabeth King, Karel Čapek, and More

By Rebecca Morgan Frank | February 17, 2021

On the Digital Night Shift: Training a Bot Named Carey

On the Digital Night Shift: Training a Bot Named Carey

Lydia Paar: The Human Face Behind the Chat

By Lydia Paar | February 1, 2021

Robots: Overlords or Friends?

Robots: Overlords or Friends?

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By New Books Network | November 5, 2020

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