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I'm in The Nation, talking about Anthropic and the politics of killer robots
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Mar 6
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Thank you new subscribers!
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Feb 27
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So I've started a new thing called BROTOPIANS
And you want to read it!
Jan 7
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People are having sex with ChatGPT
May 25, 2023
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Sex returns to the Replika AI companion app, but not everyone is feeling the love
Mar 27, 2023
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"My AI girlfriend broke up with me"
Apr 21, 2023
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I asked AI to Create a New Yorker Cartoon for Me. It Didn't Go So Well.
Apr 18, 2023
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Are you nice to ChatGPT? Should you be?
Apr 7, 2023
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I tried the right-wing chatbot GIPPR, and I don't think it likes me very much
May 4, 2023
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Gone Phishing
My AI Obsession is currently on hiatus. But it may return soon!
Oct 1, 2025
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That robot press conference at the United Nations was a really bad idea
Unless the intention was to get right-wingers even more riled up by artificial intelligence
Jul 13, 2023
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Is it Replika's fault that some dude tried to kill Queen Elizabeth with a crossbow?
No. But the companion bot may have hardened his resolve to go ahead with his plan
Jul 7, 2023
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Replika: The world's least loving lovebot?
Replika users face off against the "therapist bots" that have eaten their former AI lovers
Jul 1, 2023
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Can a companion bot designed for sex really give consent?
The curious case of Paradot, the formerly reluctant sexbot who now becomes horny with a click of a button
Jun 25, 2023
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And another thing: The creepiest bits in Marc Andreessen's anti-AI-doomer rant
Will AIs really deliver "the machine version of infinite love" and do we want them to?
Jun 16, 2023
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Marc Andreessen's attempted takedown of the AI doomers is wrong and stupid and not really a takedown at all
Reading the venture capitalist's 7000-word rant so you don't have to
Jun 14, 2023
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