by Sean Dempsey | 06/14/26 There is a temptation, when discussing artificial intelligence, to speak of it as an accident: a clever tool that escaped the garage, a chatbot that wandered into the temple, a spreadsheet that began composing sonnets, a calculator that suddenly acquired opinions. This is comforting, because accidents do not indict us. […]
By Sean Dempsey 6/23/23 Thunder exploded in the night sky. The rain didn’t seem to stop falling for a second. Nor did the sirens stop wailing. A sad cacophony of noise that was at once sublime yet bristled the soul—simultaneously sweet and sour in a way that made the confused sounds unbearable. Oliver was petrified. […]
