WIRED

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Disrupting On-Demand Delivery

Readers opine on Oppenheimer and clash on carbon markets.

A.I. IS A FICTION • Stop freaking out when chatbots say they’re in love or make disturbing threats. Just treat them like Pinocchio.

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BRING THE NOISE • A vast array of gadgets make it easy to blot out sonic intrusions—maybe a little too easy.

THE GREAT DIVIDE • There are two ways to compute, and two ways to see the world. It’s batch vs. loop—and we really need them to reconcile.

SAFETY FIRST • Fears that artificial intelligence might wipe us out have fueled the rise of protest groups like Pause AI. Their warnings are far-fetched, but not that far-fetched.

FRAUD TRACKER • With her blog Web3 Is Going Just Great, software engineer Molly White rains on the crypto parade. She doesn’t feel great about it.

Dear Cloud Support:

OVER ACHIEVERS • Summer is over, and it’s time for students and workers to rise and grind again. Make it easier on yourself with some clutch technical support.

FEATURES

THE FRACTAL IMMORTALITY OF GRIMES • Claire Boucher wants to live forever (virtually) and die on Mars (corporeally). She took a moment to talk about music, technology, and Elon Musk (reluctantly).

17,517,490 SOLDIERS’ STORIES LOST • FIFTY YEARS AGO, A FIRE RIPPED THROUGH THE NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER NEAR ST. LOUIS. IT SET OFF A MASSIVE, DECADES-LONG PROJECT TO SAVE CRUCIAL PIECES OF AMERICAN HISTORY—INCLUDING, I HOPED, MY GRANDFATHER’S.

MIND WIDE OPEN • Kids soak up new skills, adults not so much. But neuroscientist Gül Dölen might have found a way to help grown-ups learn like littles and heal from stroke and trauma. Step one: Take psychedelics.

THE REVOLUTION ABSURDITY OF BOOTS RILEY • With his bold and bizarre new show, I’m a Virgo, the impresario embraces his love of contradictions, like trying to launch a radical labor movement through Amazon Prime Video.

A.I. GOES TO WAR • SHIPS WITHOUT CREWS. AUTONOMOUS DRONE SWARMS. A SMALL U.S. NAVY TASK FORCE IS USING OFF-THE-SHELF ROBOTICS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO PREPARE FOR THE NEXT GREAT CONFLICT AT SEA.

THE DEFECTOR • Doug Rushkoff was one of tech’s founding optimistics. Now he’s renouncing the digital revolution. He says it’s the only option.

COLOPHON

THE ASSIGNMENT: IN SIX WORDS, WRITE A STORY ABOUT A SENTIENT MOON.