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.
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Jonathan Haidt: AI Is the 'Neutron Bomb for Education' [video](youtube.com)
22 points by ptrhvns | 39 comments
A YouTube video from The Atlantic's The Permanent Questions in which David Brooks interviews Jonathan Haidt about AI's impact on education.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Private equity is devouring the U.S. economy(theatlantic.com)
359 points by fortran77 | 401 comments
An Atlantic Ideas essay by Rogé Karma arguing private equity now controls about one-fifth of the U.S. market, largely invisible to investors, media, and regulators.