A mathematician reads the AI future(theatlantic.com)
44 points by artninja1988 | 67 comments
An Atlantic essay by Cornell mathematician Steven Strogatz reflecting on AI's impact on mathematics after OpenAI's claimed Navier-Stokes solution in 2026.
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Americans Are Spending More Money to Drive Worse Cars(theatlantic.com)
24 points by fortran77 | 89 comments
An Atlantic technology article by Andrew Moseman on why Americans keep paying more for gas cars instead of switching to electric vehicles despite high gas prices.
Nine-Inch Snails(theatlantic.com)
105 points by zdw | 54 comments
The Atlantic article by Cara Giaimo about invasive giant African land snails in Florida and how the state combats them.
The Marriage That Captures a High Point of American Art(theatlantic.com)
7 points by prismatic | 1 comments
The Atlantic review by Sebastian Smee of a retrospective on the life and work of Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner.
I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken(theatlantic.com)
429 points by Brajeshwar | 706 comments
An Atlantic essay by David Robinson explaining why he quit OpenAI, arguing its culture and the industry's approach to AI safety are broken.
The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country(theatlantic.com)
10 points by andsoitis | 1 comments
Atlantic Ideas article by Henry Grabar arguing that crime is declining across US cities, even those with understaffed police departments.
Tiny $70 Xteink X3 e-reader(theatlantic.com)
165 points by samizdis | 178 comments
Everything you do is being recorded(theatlantic.com)
393 points by ike_usawa | 334 comments
An Atlantic article by Ross Andersen on pervasive recording by AI wearables and other surveillance, and whether people can fight back.
How the Elite See Rome(theatlantic.com)
43 points by bookofjoe | 37 comments
Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang(theatlantic.com)
717 points by lordleft | 1231 comments
Ted Chiang's essay in The Atlantic arguing that artificial intelligence systems are not conscious and that claims otherwise lead to absurd conclusions.
An Oligarchy of Old People(theatlantic.com)
19 points by sleepyguy | 4 comments
Hitler's Greenland Obsession(theatlantic.com)
20 points by speckx | 5 comments
Prediction markets are ushering in a world in which news becomes about gambling(theatlantic.com)
472 points by krustyburger | 454 comments
An Atlantic article, syndicated on MSN, by Saahil Desai arguing that America is sliding into a Polymarket-driven world where news becomes about betting.
Pennies Are Trash Now(theatlantic.com)
25 points by JumpCrisscross | 32 comments
A Man Who Rescued Faulkner(theatlantic.com)
4 points by Hooke | 1 comments
A Confederacy of Toddlers(theatlantic.com)
10 points by rbanffy | 0 comments
My Life in Ambigrammia(theatlantic.com)
36 points by fortran77 | 11 comments
The Job Market Is Hell(theatlantic.com)
19 points by dcarmo | 3 comments
Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad(theatlantic.com)
31 points by layer8 | 2 comments
How Scientific Empires End(theatlantic.com)
31 points by mooreds | 8 comments
OpenAI can stop pretending(theatlantic.com)
60 points by kmdupree | 29 comments
Thank HN: The puzzle game I posted here 6 weeks ago got licensed by The Atlantic(theatlantic.com)
896 points by brgross | 156 comments
The Atlantic's hosted version of Bracket City, a nested-clue word puzzle game, shown with its welcome tutorial dialog.
Wall Street Blew It(theatlantic.com)
32 points by littlexsparkee | 31 comments
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat(theatlantic.com)
2096 points by _tk_ | 1041 comments
Jeffrey Goldberg's Atlantic article recounting how U.S. national-security leaders accidentally added him to a group chat discussing military strikes in Yemen.
The Strategic Crypto Swindle(theatlantic.com)
65 points by zfg | 41 comments
DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data(theatlantic.com)
697 points by perihelions | 1299 comments
The Atlantic article reporting that DOGE has obtained sweeping 'god mode' access to federal government data systems.
The Constitutional Crisis Is Here(theatlantic.com)
16 points by iNic | 2 comments
CDC data are disappearing(theatlantic.com)
614 points by doener | 479 comments
The Atlantic article by Katherine J. Wu reporting that the CDC has removed scientific data from public view, with more removals possibly to follow.
The Anti-Social Century(theatlantic.com)
110 points by coloneltcb | 110 comments
