Below is the full text of my feature that was published in The Spectator magazine on August 31, 2026 Everywhere we go these days, we hear people talking about the…
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Something extraordinary happened this summer in an OpenAI cybersecurity experiment. We may have witnessed an early example of artificial intelligences independently discovering one of the most powerful strategies life on…
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I believe most patriotic Americans are, like me, sick and tired of watching dangerous extremists on both sides of the political spectrum tear our country apart. The vast majority of…
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If you slept through the burning bush last week, don’t feel bad. Most people did. Buried beneath the daily avalanche of politics, markets, wars, celebrity scandals, and World Cup drama…
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For three decades, I have been making what was once a controversial argument. Humanity is moving toward a future in which we will possess increasingly powerful abilities to read, write,…
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I trust you have heard about Pope Leo’s just released Papal Encyclical. Entitled Magnifica Humanitas, or “Magnificent Humans” in English, the lengthy document outlines principles for “safeguarding the human person…
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You may have heard about how former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and others giving graduation speeches referencing the upside potential of AI were booed by students. These boos reflect the…
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In The AI Ten Commandments, I describe how all of our religious and spiritual traditions have been enabled by and mediated through technology. Controlling fire gave us the ability to…
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In my 2016 sci-fi thriller, Eternal Sonata, one of the main characters I imagined into being was a brilliant scientist, who was also a gifted musician who played Bach with…
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Many people have reached out to me for my view on the decision by my former publisher, Hachette, to withdraw the book Shy Girl by Mia Ballard after analyses suggested…
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