“The simplicity of Sheila Heti’s prose effaces much of its craft in a similar way, and this illusion of effortlessness is a major source of its pleasure: it makes us feel as though we could capture the world as easily.” —Lola Seaton
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Incorrigible Nudity | Lola Seaton
The illusion of effortlessness is a major source of the pleasure of Sheila Heti’s work: it makes us feel as though we could capture the world as ...
“Merely restoring public health funding as it existed before Trump is not enough…. Federal public health agencies, including the CDC and NIOSH, should not just be reestablished but expanded.” —Adam Gaffney, David U. Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler
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The Dismantling of American Health Care | Adam Gaffney, David U. Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler
On July 4 President Donald Trump signed into law a piece of legislation that amounts to a declaration of war on the working-class and the sick. The...
“AIs don’t ‘write’ essays or anything else—the use of that verb shows how easily we anthropomorphize,” James Gleick writes. “As plagiarists, they obscure and randomize their sources but do not transcend them.”
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The Parrot in the Machine | James Gleick
The artificial intelligence industry depends on plagiarism, mimicry, and exploited labor, not intelligence.