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Is the magical AI spell breaking?

Is the magical AI spell breaking?

Mar 21, 2026

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'Shy Girl' and the math teacher's solution to book slop

'Shy Girl' and the math teacher's solution to book slop

Mar 14, 2026

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Meta's perv glasses reveal the ghost workers in the AI machine

Meta's perv glasses reveal the ghost workers in the AI machine

Feb 26, 2026

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Pete Hegseth just delivered a terrifying AI demand. The answer is due tomorrow by 5pm.

Pete Hegseth just delivered a terrifying AI demand. The answer is due tomorrow by 5pm.

Feb 2, 2026

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Hearing from Judge Alsup: Fairness and the limits of AI copyright claims

Hearing from Judge Alsup: Fairness and the limits of AI copyright claims

Jan 10, 2026

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What the British Post Office scandal shows us about AI

What the British Post Office scandal shows us about AI

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Emily Bender: Five ways to resist AI

Feb 13, 2026

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Emily Bender: Five ways to resist AI

The linguist, author, and AI skeptic is the critic the world needs right now.

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Stopping AI personhood before it starts

Jan 20, 2026

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Stopping AI personhood before it starts

State lawmakers introduce bills to deny personhood to AI systems. Is that really necessary? Well...

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How ChatGPT turned into a teen's suicide machine

Sep 6, 2025

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How ChatGPT turned into a teen's suicide machine

The case of 16-year-old Adam Raine reveals deadly flaws in OpenAI's product design and the seductive power of chatbots.

Bruce Barcott
Bruce Barcott

Meet the Humanist


Bruce Barcott, founding editor of The AI Humanist, is a writer known for his award-winning work on environmental issues and drug policy for The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, Outside, Rolling Stone, TIME, and other publications.

A former Guggenheim Fellow in nonfiction, his books include The Measure of a Mountain, The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw, and Weed the People.

Bruce currently serves as Editorial Lead for the Transparency Coalition, a nonprofit group that advocates for safe and sensible AI policy. Opinions expressed in The AI Humanist are those of the author alone and do not reflect the position of the Transparency Coalition.

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