• The Supreme Court may decide whether the output of an AI system can be copyrighted — a question I might have ignored if I didn’t use AI to create children’s books with my daughter. A friend once confirmed a thought I had when my daughter, Elise, was about two years old: seventy-five–page coloring books are

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  • There is nothing quite like rushing to arrive at a restaurant for a reservation made 28 days in advance. It’s like preparing for a date—dressing for the occasion, striking the balance between not too formal and not too relaxed, and planning your entire day around getting out of the house on time. Except when your

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  • I have an idea for a short story where the plot twist involves the police acting on a tip that their suspect is sleeping in their car in front of a church. They have eight minutes to get there. Maybe less. Rushing over with lights, no sirens, they find a Nissan Pathfinder — windows tinted,

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  • “Flowers of Fire: Illustrations from Japanese Fireworks Catalogues (ca. 1880s) – Who knew the history of Japanese fireworks culture was so dazzling—and so criminally under-documented? Speaking Apartment – Part memoir, part Duolingo-adjacent comedic essay about the perils and poetry of NYC apartment hunting—and what “home” really translates to. How Scientists Finally Found a Treatment That

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  • On September 15, OpenAI published a report on How People Use ChatGPT; my use cases barely made the cut. “While users can seek information and advice from traditional web search engines as well as fromChatGPT, the ability to produce writing, software code, spreadsheets, and other digital productsdistinguishes generative AI from existing technologies.” I was introduced

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