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Kids need to explore the world and that includes social media
I’ve written a number of times about what has become conventional wisdom – spread primarily by academics like Jonathan Haidt – that phones and/or social…
Jul 16
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Anthropic discovers that Claude has a secret spot for thinking
As longtime Torment Nexus readers probably know, I have a minor obsession with the topic of artificial intelligence engines and consciousness — in part…
Jul 9
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June 2026
Om Malik 1966-2026
(Note: This is a special edition of The Torment Nexus, dedicated to my friend Om Malik, who passed away due to congestive heart failure at the age of…
Jun 27
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Banning teens from social media is bad and also doesn't work
The UK recently passed a new law that effectively bans children under the age of 16 from using most social-media platforms, a move that the UK…
Jun 25
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The Anthropic AI danger chickens come home to roost
In a previous edition of this newsletter, I wrote about the launch of Anthropic’s newest AI model, code-named Mythos, and how the company said that it…
Jun 18
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Is Atlantic writer Ted Chiang conscious? How do we know?
As regular readers will know, I’ve written a lot about the topic of AI and consciousness (too much for some perhaps!) because I find it fascinating, in…
Jun 11
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Have investors in AI companies lost their minds?
Before I get into this week’s post, it occurred to me that some of you might be frustrated at how often I write about AI — things like whether it makes…
Jun 4
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May 2026
Will AI destroy jobs or create jobs? Yes
One of the consistent drumbeats that has accompanied the rise of artificial intelligence, along with “Is it going to kill us?” and “Will it kill us and…
May 28
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Data center criticism is based on bad science and scare quotes
If you are following the growing artificial intelligence industry at all, you’ve probably come across some facts and figures about how AI is going to…
May 21
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Has Richard Dawkins lost his mind or has AI gained one?
The memes pretty much write themselves: Richard Dawkins, renowned evolutionary biologist and author of a famous treatise called The God Delusion, wrote…
May 14
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Hear me out: AI also does things that are good
I could be wrong, but I feel like this post is going to be similar to the one I wrote recently about crypto stablecoins. I know some readers never got…
May 7
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April 2026
When the worst person you know makes a good point
In case you aren’t terminally online, as the kids say, there’s a popular meme that uses a photo of a balding man with a steely gaze and the caption…
Apr 30
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