Beauty and the beast

What supernatural folklore reveals about human nature

“I’VE ALWAYS BEEN SUCH A PUNK,” filmmaker Natasha Lyonne muses. “But AI is the thing that’s going to flip me into a hippie. Because now’s the time to get super low to the ground and human.” Lyonne has

STUART RUSSELL RECEIVES FOUR OR five emails a day from people who seem to be in the grips of psychosis, convinced their AI chatbot of choice is suddenly conscious. “It’s appointing them as its emissar

DIRECTOR DAN TRACHTENBERG ON TAKING AN ICON OF CINEMA IN A NEW DIRECTION FOR PREDATOR: BADLANDS

UNDER A CRYSTAL CHANDELIER IN A HIGH-ceilinged anteroom in Paris, the moderator of Intelligence Rising is reprimanding his players. These 12 former government officials, academics, and artificial inte

STEVEN POOLE