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We’ve entered a golden age of idea thieves and liars
It's normal now to pass off other people’s ideas as your own. Even Google is doing it.
May 20
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Why everybody is talking to nobody
Ditching the keyboard for voice-to-text AI is called “voicepilling.” Will everyone stop typing?
May 12
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The chance that AI will warp your mind: 100%
New data suggests that for active users, the psychological and behavioral impact of chatbots isn't a possibility—it is a mathematical certainty.
May 8
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Want to keep dating the person who dumped you? There's an app for that!
Young people in China are creating AI versions of exes and carrying on the relationship with a digital twin of the other person. What do you think…
May 6
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Mike Elgan
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Want to keep dating the person who dumped you? There's an app for that!
Young people in China are creating AI versions of exes and carrying on the relationship with a digital twin of the other person. What do you think…
May 6
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Mike Elgan
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April 2026
AI researchers want AI to fake “thinking”
They want deliberately slow chatbot responses to make people trust the answer more. And it makes me trust the researchers less.
Apr 27
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Mike Elgan
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AI researchers want AI to fake “thinking”
They want deliberately slow chatbot responses to make people trust the answer more. And it makes me trust the researchers less.
Apr 27
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Mike Elgan
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No, math doesn’t have feelings
Why Anthropic’s “emotion” paper accidentally misleads the public.
Apr 18
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Mike Elgan
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No, math doesn’t have feelings
Why Anthropic’s “emotion” paper accidentally misleads the public.
Apr 18
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Mike Elgan
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Black traffic: the corporate sabotage technique you've never heard of
AI-driven online disinformation methods designed to create fear and mistrust were perfected by nation-states. Now, they're coming to the business world.
Apr 11
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Black traffic: the corporate sabotage technique you've never heard of
AI-driven online disinformation methods designed to create fear and mistrust were perfected by nation-states. Now, they're coming to the business world.
Apr 11
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Mike Elgan
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March 2026
The short and disastrous history of AI content
Why do media and marketing companies keep falling for the delusion that replacing creative people with AI results in something better?
Mar 15
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Mike Elgan
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