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It's the Great Fear of Our Time. I'm Mathematically Sure It Won't Happen.
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (532+ words) Let the movies explain. When a horse trots, is there a moment when its four feet are in the air simultaneously? In the 1870s, Leland Stanford, the railroad magnate and benefactor of the university that bears his name, funded an effort…...
I'm the editor in chief of a scientific journal. There are more manuscripts than people who want to peer review them.
3+ week, 23+ hour ago (407+ words) Recently, an ordinary manuscript landed on my desk. Nothing flashy'the solid work that represents another brick in the wall of science. The hard part wasn't deciding whether it belonged in a journal that I oversee as editor in chief. The…...
Millions Use It Every Day. It's One of the Internet's Most Important Websites. Bots Are Destroying It, Piece by Piece.
11+ mon, 1+ day ago (1759+ words) The front page of the internet feels less and less human for some users nowadays. In the years since Chat GPT's debut transformed Silicon Valley into an artificial intelligence hype factory, the internet's most vibrant communities have puzzled over how…...