What’s more likely to be sentient: an ant or ChatGPT?
Sentience is hot these days. Partly because of the development of impressive new AI systems, everyone seems to be asking: ...
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4 ways people try to make their lives meaningful — and the one that works best for you
The most unique thing about human beings is this: We are creatures who long to matter.That’s according to Rebecca Newberger ...
AI is moving fast. Should you ditch the job you love?
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s ...
Claude has an 80-page “soul document.” Is that enough to make it good?
Chatbots don’t have mothers, but if they did, Claude’s would be Amanda Askell. She’s an in-house philosopher at the AI ...
Is AI being shoved down your throat at work? Here’s how to fight back.
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s ...
Think your AI chatbot has become conscious? Here’s what to do.
Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s ...
The AI doomers are not making an argument. They’re selling a worldview.
You’ve probably seen this one before: first it looks like a rabbit. You’re totally sure: yes, that’s a rabbit! But ...
AI can write you a new Bible. But is it meaningful?
What happens when an AI expert asks a chatbot to generate a sacred Buddhist text?In April, Murray Shanahan, a research ...
AI systems could become conscious. What if they hate their lives?
This story was originally published in The Highlight, Vox’s member-exclusive magazine. To get early access to member-exclusive stories every month, ...
He’s the godfather of AI. Now, he has a bold new plan to keep us safe from it.
The science fiction author Isaac Asimov once came up with a set of laws that we humans should program into ...
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