The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals

It’s been a bit over five years since the Stochastic Parrots paper (Bender, Gebru et al 2021) was published (and somewhat longer since…

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How to move away from the untenable, uncomfortable middle ground By Emily M. Bender and Decca Muldowney A dancing ledge, as viewed from above. Image: Will...

In the wake of OpenAI's announcement that its products caused a "cyber incident," Sam Altman is now claiming that we're already in the Singularity. And some media outlets are only too happy to help hi...

Here is our thirtieth issue, published at an in-between moment when winter has not yet loosened its grip and the promise of spring remains uncertain. The

A fresh cultural analysis of female monsters from Greek mythology, and an invitation for all women to reclaim these stories as inspiration for a more wild, more “monstrous” version of feminism...

How technology is disconnecting us from life’s small pleasures

January 17-19!

A letter from the editor[s]

I want to be ruined by the thing I already knew in the new desiring.—Alina Ștefănescu How many times have I pursued Love across this membrane of Death?Flight En-Zed-Three departs El-Ay-Ex at Eight-…

I want to be ruined by the thing I already knew in the new desiring.—Alina Ștefănescu How many times have I pursued Love across this membrane of Death?Flight En-Zed-Three departs El-Ay-Ex at Eight-…

Riverdale Avenue Books was founded in 2012 by literary agent Lori Perkins of the L. Perkins Agency. Riverdale, which describes itself as a “hybrid” publisher even though, as far as I know, it does not...

We invite you to join us as we drink and exploit our younger selves for your entertainment! The idea is simple: folks read on stage from their worst adolescent writing, including middle school diaries...

The reading period is open from September 15 through October 15, or when our 300 Submittable Cap is hit.  The editors seek original, unpublished poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction via...

NPR plans to make trims totaling more than $5 million over the course of the coming fiscal year to bring its annual budget into balance. Meanwhile, local stations are asking for more help.