The Most Interesting Thing in AI
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The Risks of Artificial Relationships - Sherry Turkle with Nicholas Thompson
September 30, 2026 · 57 minAI wants to be your friend. And your therapist. And your lover. It’s not an entirely new offer, author and MIT professor Sherry Turkle reminds us, but it’s one that’s grown more dire as AI has improved. In a conversation with Nicholas…
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The Case Against the AI Bubble - Azeem Azhar with Nicholas Thompson
September 23, 2026 · 1 hr 5 minAmong the many eye-popping numbers of the AI industry—from trillions in investments to billions in spending—one stands out: $0 in profit among leading AI companies. According to Bloomberg, “never before has so much money been spent so…
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The Future of Economic Power - Circle’s Jeremy Allaire with Nicholas Thompson
September 16, 2026 · 1 hr 9 minTechnological waves often arrive with a promise. The internet was going to democratize information. Blockchain was going to decentralize power. Now, AI's boosters say it will bring unprecedented prosperity. Few people are better…
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The Race to Superintelligence - Richard Socher with Nicholas Thompson
September 9, 2026 · 1 hr 9 minAs AI’s capabilities improve, reports of “rogue” agents and misaligned systems are becoming more frequent. In response, some activists, academics, and politicians have called for a pause in development, warning of the dangers that…
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How to Get Hired in the AI Era - Clara Shih with Nicholas Thompson
September 2, 2026 · 51 minFor years, tech CEOs have promised that AI will take on the menial, repetitive tasks that have long been a part of office life. Typically, those tasks are assigned to younger, less experienced workers—and poll after poll shows Gen Z is…
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Kara Swisher on What Silicon Valley Is Getting Right—and Wrong—in AI
August 26, 2026 · 49 minKara Swisher has done a bit of everything. She’s covered the rise of Silicon Valley’s tech giants, founded and sold her own startup publication, and dabbled in Hollywood, with appearances in films such as The Devil Wears Prada 2 and Tron…
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How AI Could Upend Global Politics - Ian Bremmer with Nicholas Thompson
August 19, 2026 · 1 hr 4 minAI may have leveled the playing field in coding and app development, but it’s also put potentially dangerous tools in reach of nefarious actors. Now, empowered by AI, state-backed intelligence agencies and non-state actors alike can access…
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Writing in the Age of AI - Gemini Notebook’s Steven Johnson with Nicholas Thompson
August 12, 2026 · 1 hr 2 minSteven Johnson spent decades figuring out the best ways to turn his research into words on the page. Now, he’s adapting those methods for Gemini Notebook, Google’s AI-powered interactive bibliography. (Until recently, it was called…