Nobody was surprised that Pope Leo XIV cited well-known saints and previous pontiffs in his first encyclical, or papal letter of spiritual guidance, Magnifica Humanitas,…
Category: Primers
Why the Vatican Invited Anthropic to the Pope’s AI Encyclical Presentation
When Pope Leo XIV presented his first encyclical on artificial intelligence at the Vatican on Monday, he invited Christopher Olah, cofounder of Anthropic, to speak.…
What Pope Leo XIV’s First Encyclical Says About the Power of AI
An algorithm decides what we see, another filters what we read, and still others enter into the processes that govern work, information, and collective choices.…
7 Ways to Get So Good at AI, People Will Think You Are AI
Sam Liang is appalled as I confess my technique for recording an interview: running the Voice Memos app on an iPhone and transferring the transcript…
To Land a Job in AI, Try Reading Kant
“It’s probably the best time to be a philosopher since Aristotle was hired as tutor to Alexander the Great,” says Henry Ajder, a philosophy postgraduate…
AI Just Isn’t Right
Nearly half of Americans say they use AI to find information and generate ideas. It’s not hard to see why. As social media devolves into…
I Spent a Week Recording Myself Doing Chores for Money. Who's the Robot Now?
I am no longer a mere human being. I am a conduit of reality, a medium of messages. I hold a knife in my hand…
AI Is Taking Over the Most Cursed Job in the World
She introduced herself as Eve, but Ben knew right away that the voice on the other end of the line was a bot. Eve knew…
Quiz: Will AI Destroy Your Career?
This spring, a team of top academic and think tank researchers tried to forecast AI’s effects on the economy between now and 2030. They surveyed…
AI Agents Plunged the Tech World Into Chaos. Here’s Exactly How That Happened
“Hi, my name is Peter, and I’m a Claudeholic.” It was August 2025 and Peter Steinberger was addressing a meetup in London called Claude Code…