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What should we do about all this AI money?
What should we do about all this AI money?
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What happens to countries that don't build frontier AI?
What happens to countries that don't build frontier AI?
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How two socialist brothers helped automate America’s hardest job
How two socialist brothers helped automate America’s hardest job
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What is it like to live in a world you believe is about to end?
What is it like to live in a world you believe is about to end?
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Write for us! Now accepting pitches for Issue 16: Flourishing
Write for us! Now accepting pitches for Issue 16: Flourishing
Usually, we like to back up our claims with numbers, but right now, we’re in a more reflective mood.
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Behind the scenes: We’re all one crisis away from taking unlicensed research peptides
Behind the scenes: We’re all one crisis away from taking unlicensed research peptides
Clara Collier interviews Elizabeth Van Nostrand.
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We’re all one crisis away from taking unlicensed research peptides
We’re all one crisis away from taking unlicensed research peptides
For health hackers, not experimenting is the bigger risk.
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China’s AI optimism isn’t what it seems
China’s AI optimism isn’t what it seems
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Behind the scenes: Are prediction markets good for anything?
Behind the scenes: Are prediction markets good for anything?
Clara Collier interviews Dan Schwarz about his newest Asterisk piece.
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Are prediction markets good for anything?
Are prediction markets good for anything?
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What playing games can teach us about simulating the future
What playing games can teach us about simulating the future
Historian Jon Peterson traces the route from Prussian military headquarters to Gary Gygax’s basement.
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Before he wrote AI 2027, he predicted the world in 2026. How did he do?
Before he wrote AI 2027, he predicted the world in 2026. How did he do?
Daniel Kokotajlo evaluates his 2021 essay, "What 2026 Looks Like."
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If YIMBY is winning in California, where are all the houses?
If YIMBY is winning in California, where are all the houses?
Brian Hanlon of California YIMBY answers a rude question.
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The $16 million bet that created Taiwan's chip industry
The $16 million bet that created Taiwan's chip industry
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3,000 languages are dying, but more are being invented
3,000 languages are dying, but more are being invented
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