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Cheri Lucas Rowlands

Cheri has been an editor at Longreads since 2014. She's currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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You Have a New Memory

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 17, 2023April 17, 2023

“What do we mean when we say the internet is reading our minds?”

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We Must Slow Down the Race to God-Like AI

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 14, 2023April 20, 2023

“I’ve invested in more than 50 artificial intelligence start-ups. What I’ve seen worries me.”

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Three Years Later, Covid-19 Is Still a Health Threat. Journalism Needs to Reflect That

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 12, 2023April 12, 2023

“Too much coverage minimizes the health risks researchers attribute to the virus.”

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The Case of the Fake Sherlock

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 11, 2023April 11, 2023

“Richard Walter was hailed as a genius criminal profiler. How did he get away with his fraud for so long?”

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The Class Politics of Instagram Face

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands April 7, 2023April 7, 2023

“Plastic surgery is changing, and for an obvious reason: When in history have rich women ever wanted to look like regular ones?”

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Documents

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 28, 2023March 28, 2023

“I have no status inside or outside any clear borders unless I consider my mother’s uterus my original country.”

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A Sandwich Shop, a Tent City and an American Crisis

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 27, 2023March 27, 2023

“As homelessness overwhelms downtown Phoenix, a small business wonders how long it can hang on.”

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Nick Cave on the Fragility of Life

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

“The singer-songwriter believes that we are deeply flawed, impermanent creatures who can sometimes do extraordinary things.”

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There’s Nothing Unnatural About a Computer

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 22, 2023March 22, 2023

“James Bridle’s Ways of Being wants us to take a fresh look at nature’s intelligence.”

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The Lengths We’ll Go

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 21, 2023March 21, 2023

“A family stays connected on the road.”

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