1+ week, 3+ day ago  (355+ words) Reciting the Shema in the morning and at night is a reminder that I am part of something bigger Making sense of it is a column about spirituality and how it can be used to navigate everyday life After growing…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (357+ words) Richard Dawkins and the question of AI consciousness The Guardian Richard Dawkins and the question of AI consciousness Salley Vickers and Carrie Eckersley respond to a letter on Richard Dawkins and his chats with AI bots I was delighted to…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (557+ words) Dawkins appears to have gone from atheist to AI-theist: perhaps he doesn't view AI as God, but he certainly seems to see it as God-like Are you there God? It's me, Arwa. I'll be quite honest, I'm afraid I've never…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (182+ words) Richard Dawkins and chatbots | LLM meaning | Flattery battery | Dancing in PE | Maths breakthrough With artificial intelligence bringing "large language models" into everyday use, the LLM after my name has acquired a new meaning. For 70 years I assumed that it'referred to…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (826+ words) I'm a late arrival to short-form video " its effect on my life has shocked me'The Guardian I'm a late arrival to short-form video " its effect on my life has shocked me Consuming constant clips made me feel stupider and lonelier....

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (145+ words) Prominent contemporary visual artist explored range of techniques across six decades of work The German artist Georg Baselitz, whose expressive paintings and sculptures stirred controversy before winning him global acclaim, has died aged 88, local media reported have reported. Baselitz, born…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (671+ words) How a reductive worldview is stripping meaning from our most valued activities This article was originally published as The six-second hug on Aeon. co More profanely, we are even given instrumental reasons to orgasm. A headline from the Telegraph in…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1472+ words) Two hundred miles from LA, an off-grid community with roots in Burning Man offers an unorthodox educational experience " is Mars College the future? A dozen writing students perched around a collection of weather-beaten couches, laptops balancing on their knees, ready…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago  (337+ words) Nietzsche condemned anyone offering "answers" or "solace" " but engaging with nihilism can teach us to face the discomfort of a potentially meaningless existence A trick I developed in the late stages of my first pregnancy to forestall inquiries, concern, recommendations…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (308+ words) Neil Wilkof responds to the obituary of the German philosopher and social theorist. Plus a letter from Neil Blackshaw Compliments to Stuart Jeffries for his obituary of J'rgen Habermas (15 March). Jeffries does a superb job describing both the personal and…...