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What People Actually Fear — and Hope — About AI, and What the Evidence Shows
Across dozens of surveys, the public holds excitement and worry at the same time — a picture more nuanced than either hype or alarm suggests.
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Making sense of the moment — objectively.
Regular, evidence-grounded writing on how artificial intelligence is changing work, creativity, governance, and everyday life — and what it means for the people living through it. No hype, no doom. Just clear, sourced analysis.
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The Human Mind in the Age of AI: What the Evidence Actually Shows
Chatbots, generators, and AI companions are now woven into how people think, create, and connect. A calm look at what research has established, what remains preliminary, and where the honest uncertainties lie.
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Who Agreed to This? Consent, Democracy, and the Governance of AI
AI is being deployed faster than the rules meant to govern it. This is a plain-language map of who is actually making those rules — and the open question of where, if anywhere, the public gets a say.
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Preserving the Human Record: Why First-Person Testimony of Technological Turning Points Matters
Across past transformations, societies have sometimes captured how ordinary people lived through change — and often failed to. That record, when it survives, becomes irreplaceable. The AI transition raises the same question.
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AI and Work: What the Evidence Actually Shows So Far
Large studies agree that AI touches a lot of jobs. They disagree, sharply, about what that has meant for real workers so far — and the honest answer is that much remains uncertain.