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Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art
“To create a novel or a painting, an artist makes choices that are fundamentally alien to artificial intelligence.”
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On Brotherhood and Blindness
“In a hospital in the heart of the British empire, two young patients from worlds away strike up a friendship.”
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The Poetry Fan Who Taught an LLM to Read and Write DNA
“By treating DNA as a language, Brian Hie’s ‘ChatGPT for genomes’ could pick up patterns that humans can’t see, accelerating biological design.”
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Beamer, Dressman, Bodybag
“The Berlinglish they speak is informal English, slightly simplified, full of swears, nightlife slang and loan words — mostly adopted from German.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Showcasing stories from Julia Webster Ayuso, Abe Beame, Tracy Thompson, Will Boast, and Gary Grimes.
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I Rewatch “Gilmore Girls” to Remember my Stepfather
“I find echoes of the man who raised me every time I watch the iconic mother-daughter show.”
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Are These Clams Key to Climate Adaptation?
“They have carried different names — from maritime menace to indigenous delicacy to scientific marvel — yet none alone captures their multitude.”
