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Our fall issue is here! Made In Our Image explores the philosophies of AI and what they reveal about us, with @dioscuri, @mer__edith, @max_spero_, @philosophyminis and more. Get the magazine: https://t.co/B2pKvDiXFq

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The words "I turn 20 in January, and the world looks very strange," were posted on the rationalist blog forum, LessWrong, by a Georgia Tech student last winter. Then the student stopped going to lectures. In Silicon Valley, the "permanent underclass" has gone from being a meme to becoming a real anxiety, Namir Khaliq reports in our fall print issue: https://t.co/QQFIOgyKuW

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My new piece on China’s “Industrial Slop Complex” is out on @bigthink!

i argue that mass-producing AI content won’t necessarily translate into Chinese soft power, and it has more in common with ghost cities: local governments piling into the same promising industry because of risk-averseness and memetic tendency.

the result is an exploitative, self-defeating business.

everyone produces more, prices collapse, and the promise of cheap content becomes a race to lose money.

by one estimate, 90% of companies making AI-generated content are now unprofitable.

ps. big shoutout to my editor Kristin Houser and the big think team, for making those great visuals in the printed magazine.

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Did life arise more than once? | Paul Davies

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@philosophyminis Read the full article (ad-free for members): https://t.co/lZj99EAian

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The Model Friend | Jonny Thomson @philosophyminis

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Health guidance is changing fast.

For patients, relatives, doctors, and anyone trying to make good decisions, that uncertainty can feel paralyzing.

It doesn't have to be. Here's how to tell whether a new recommendation deserves your trust:

1. Is it backed by a broad, consistent body of evidence?

2. Has it been independently reviewed?

3. Who benefits, and are conflicts of interest disclosed?

More in my new essay for @bigthink, adapted from SAFER 👇

https://t.co/50cOQc1I3J

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Artwork: Rui Pu

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Inside China's AI Micro-Drama Machine | Afra Wang @afrazhaowang

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"V for Vendetta" returns to theaters for its 20th anniversary on November 1 and 5. Get tickets: https://t.co/Y2IRJiVXUm

Made in partnership with @FathomEnt.

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How "V for Vendetta" became more than a movie | Tim Brinkhof

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Did T. Rex have feathers? | Steve Brusatte @SteveBrusatte

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Photos: Jess Gough / Connected Archives; Ernst Haas

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The Hunger for Human Connection | Eric Markowitz @ericmarkowitz

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