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Clear as Mud (opens the original)
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Magnificent HumanityI believe we are at risk of losing our self-understanding in the AI frenzy, so I’m adding a new section to my weekly report in which I will highlight a few uniquely human achievements. These are simply items that inspired me in the past week. If you come across stories that you would like for me to feature in an upcoming week, please pass them on to me at clayew@me.com, and let me know if I can credit you. Researchers built a crazy new device to show that Einstein’s <a href="
Not So Smart (opens the original)
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I believe that the biggest AI risk we face today is that the public is being misled about what AI systems are doing, resulting in us having the wrong conversations and not addressing the real problems raised by these systems. Our misunderstanding is due to confused media reporting, which has been aided and abetted by the AI companies’ misrepresentation of the capabilities of the systems they have built. I will dive into this argument more deeply in a longer article in early October. For now, let
Disoriented and Reorienting (opens the original)
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For those of us in the northern hemisphere, today (22 Sep 2026) at 8:05 PM ET is the autumn equinox. This is the moment when the Earth begins to tilt us away from the Sun. At the time of the equinox, the plane defined by the Earth's equator intersects with the geometric center of the Sun. In most places the length of day and night will be equal, and then our days will continue to shorten until the winter solstice, which happens this year at 3:50 PM ET on December 21. At that time, the Earth will
Calm Amid Chaos (opens the original)
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Overtime: Pondering Questions Left Unanswered (opens the original)
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On September 13, 2026, I spoke at the Forum at St. Bart’s on the topic of Understanding Ourselves in the Age of AI. For those of you unable to attend, here is a replay from YouTube. A lot of questions were asked, and I was only able to answer a few, so as promised, here are the answers to the other questions. These include those that came in on cards at the in-person event and those sent to the parish via email. There weren’t any received via Facebook or YouTube as of the time of this article. I
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