Virtual Reality Reboots History
The American dream has always meant living in our own fantasy worlds. Maybe it’s time to really go for it.
Mind & Human Nature
What we know of ourselves in a scientific age — and what we don’t
What we know of ourselves in a scientific age — and what we don’t
The American dream has always meant living in our own fantasy worlds. Maybe it’s time to really go for it.
“Language models are just glorified autocomplete” has been the critics’ refrain — but reinforcement learning is proving them wrong. New breakthroughs could follow.
The boom in amateur therapists is hurting our children, a new book argues.
How psychedelics went from counterculture to grind culture
Why modern man yearns to be replaced, fantasizes of being the one to do it, and how we can stay human instead
LLMs are giving us a billion ripoffs of what we already are at a moment when we yearn for something new.
The White House’s bland solution doesn’t match the problem. Here’s what would.
In a new book, an eminent psychologist with an “unquiet mind” explores why it often takes one to treat another.
How revolutions in space, imaging, and AI could open up satellite surveillance to the masses