Slate Money -  A.I. Is a Hyperobject
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Slate Money - A.I. Is a Hyperobject

This week: We summoned technologist and journalist Paul Ford to answer all our questions about A.I. As he explains to Felix Salmon, Elizabeth Spiers, and Emily Peck, A.I. is a hyperobject that touches everything in unknowable ways. They get into “vibe coding,” how it could change the game for small businesses and large corporations alike, and other concerns—like A.I.-powered wars.



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Slate Money - ATM Scam Summer School

Slate Money - ATM Scam Summer School

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Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Punished For Their Pregnancies

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts - Punished For Their Pregnancies

Women were prosecuted for experiencing miscarriage or stillbirth even before the Supreme Court swept away the protections of Roe v. Wade. But these prosecutions have ramped up since, in both red and b...

23 Aug 202545min

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The CDC Under Fire

What Next: TBD | Tech, power, and the future - The CDC Under Fire

Two weeks ago, a gunman fired over 500 bullets at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention building in Atlanta. Between the anti-public health rhetoric coming from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the t...

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Political Gabfest - Is This Martial Law?

Political Gabfest - Is This Martial Law?

This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss Trump’s deepening takeover of Washington D.C. as National Guard troops from red states arrive, what if anything was accomplished in th...

21 Aug 20251h 3min

What Next - D.C’s Senator Knew This Would Happen

What Next - D.C’s Senator Knew This Would Happen

Donald Trump was able to take over the Metropolitan Police Department and send in National Guard troops and federal agents to patrol the streets due to Washington D.C.’s strange, not-a-state status. O...

21 Aug 202526min

What Next - Can Trump Kill Mail-In Ballots?

What Next - Can Trump Kill Mail-In Ballots?

Donald Trump returned from his meeting with Vladimir Putin convinced that mail-in voting is how he was cheated from winning the 2020 election. Though he’s come to this conclusion without evidence, how...

20 Aug 202524min

Slate Money - Money Talks: Fixing A Broken Monetary System

Slate Money - Money Talks: Fixing A Broken Monetary System

In this Money Talks:  Elizabeth Spiers is joined by professors Matt Sekerke and Steve H. Hanke, coauthors of Making Money Work: How to Rewrite the Rules of Our Financial System. They’ll lay out how th...

19 Aug 202524min

What Next - Zelensky Brings a Posse to Washington

What Next - Zelensky Brings a Posse to Washington

After visiting with Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, and European leaders, where does Donald Trump stand on the Ukraine-Russia war—and where does that leave Ukraine?Guest:  Tim Mak, editor of the K...

19 Aug 202522min

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