What If the Problem Isn’t That AI Gets Too Powerful?

There is a remarkable amount of Sturm und Drang about artificial intelligence right now. Not merely the entirely reasonable questions — What happens to jobs? How do we deal with misinformation? What should students be allowed to use? Who owns the work AI was trained on? What happens when bad actors have access to enormously […]


My New Travel Assistant is an Algorithm (& it’s Judgier than my Husband ever was)

Back in the day—when my husband and I were traveling regularly, usually once a year to Austria to visit his parents (and later, just his dad), plus assorted shorter and longer jaunts—I had a system. Actually, correction: H had a system. I had . . . vibes. H always had a “go bag.” His was […]