This Way Out
'We didn't grow up in the world. The world grew around us.' Ron DeChristoforo's This Way Out follows three boys through institutional childhood in …
Found Families and Secret Sounds
A young guitarist in São Paulo draws strangers into his orbit—some to protect him, some to take what he has. Heloisa Prieto's novel is a fable about …
The Golden Age Eating Itself
AI Hype, Model Collapse, and the Dead Internet I've been watching AI models dream about my French Bulldog lately. The images are charming at …
What you need to understand about AI to avoid being left behind
As we blaze through the AI hype-cycle, fear and excitement abound. Is it only a matter of time before we are all replaced by robots? ...
AI and Learning: From Panic to Potential
Schools rushed to ban AI tools like ChatGPT, but the real opportunity lies in reimagining education for learners of all abilities.
Get your hands dirty with AI
From summarizing documents to writing code, this guide introduces where to get started with generative AI
AI and Accessibility
From speech recognition to eye tracking, AI is opening doors for people with disabilities. A guide to the tools available today—many of them free—and …
Goddamned Clocks!
For the third time in two days, I was foiled by this monstrous idiosyncrasy in our modern society that so arbitrarily wrenches the very fabric of time …
AI Safety: A Quick Reference
A practical checklist covering data privacy, hallucination risks, and what to consider before uploading anything to an AI service.
Farewell, the French Bulldog.
Generative-AI is busy eating itself. But I'm not holding my breath for AI-superintelligence any time this century ...