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This Is the Only Generation That Isn’t Totally Freaked Out by AI
Gen X stands apart from younger and older generations as Americans grow increasingly uneasy about AI and where the technology is headed.
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AI Chatbots Are Better at Scamming People Than Human Scammers, Study Finds
In a simulated pig-butchering scam, participants trusted the chatbot more and were more likely to follow its request.
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Universal History Archive/Contributor/Getty Images Researchers Are Using AI to Help Find Art Looted by the Nazis. Here’s How It Works.
The tool can search scattered archives for clues, but experts still have to verify any possible restitution claims.
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Image: Nick Dove Fully-Automated Luxury Space Capitalism—This Week on VICE: Members Only
The war between the old world and the new world rages on, behind the paywall this week.
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Pictures by Nick Dove I Went to a ‘Torture Party’ With Polyamorous Bay Area Rationalists
That feeling when you drink too much Everclear to get waterboarded at the San Francisco “Torture Potluck”.
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3 Reasons You Shouldn’t Use AI for Dating Advice, According to a Therapist
A therapist says AI can miss context, replace real support, and fuel reassurance-seeking in relationships.
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Photo: Catherine Falls Commercial / Getty Images Men Are Flirting With AI Chatbots More Than You Think, Survey Reveals. But Does It Count as Cheating?
You get zero chance of rejection, but you lose any chance at love.
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Hacker in hoodie and gloves using online romance scam tactics, sending fake love messages to deceive victims for money with I love You hand sign. Cyber fraud, romance scam, online deception concept. This Dating Site Is Putting Scammers on Blast (Will Show You Who They Catch!)
Seeking.com is basically being the Batman of dating.
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Picture via Facebook Slop Accelerationism: Why ‘AI Slop’ Is an Easy Scapegoat
It wasn’t AI slop that rendered your education useless and declared the most worthy art to be whatever grabs the most attention. The culprit was the platform economy—and AI slop might destroy it.
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Image: Bryan Johnson (left, by Dustin Giallanza) and Jordan Castro Bryan Johnson and Jordan Castro on AI, God, and Why Psychosis Will Soon Be the New Normal
The “Don’t Die” entrepreneur and the alt lit figurehead discuss what the future has in store, as spirituality and tech continue to collide.
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Photo: Andriy Onufriyenko / Getty Images As If Unaffordable Homes Weren’t Enough, Now Buyers Are Being ‘Housefished’
Don’t get duped by a housefisher.
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Image: Silver Screen Collection / Getty Images If Photography Stole Our Souls, What’s Left for AI?
Michael Holden traces a history of soul-stealing images, from the daguerreotype to AI via Hollywood’s angry Arab chieftains.
