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Susan Sontag: A Critic at the Crossroads of Culture

The New York avant-gardist deftly navigated two intellectual worlds, somehow evading just about every label along the way.

Genetic Ancestry Doesn’t Tell Your Whole Story

If you’re looking for your genetic origin story, your DNA will only take you so far.

Chasing the Mirage of “Ethical” AI

Isaac Asimov’s “Handbook of Robotics” imagined simple rules for machine morality. But reality is a maze of contradictions, biases, and blind spots.