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New Rule: Treat AI as a Map, Not a Friend

woman talking with AI via smartphone at home

Modern chatbots often feel more like over-eager yes-men than tools for serious work. They flatter bad ideas, dodge inconvenient facts, and feed our biases—transforming once-hopeful assistants into “justification machines.” But AI’s real power lies in surfacing the world’s knowledge, not…

Navigating New Frontiers: How AI’s Emotional Play Is Reshaping Democracy

Choose ideology and social values. Opposition factions.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing not just our daily interactions through devices like Siri and Alexa, but it’s also starting to make significant inroads into our emotional lives and societal structures, particularly within the democratic sphere. Concerns are rising, highlighted…