Are We All John Henries Now?
John Henry beat the steam drill and it killed him. The race with AI is coming for writers too, and the folk ballad has the wrong lesson in it.
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The AI Debate Is Sponsored Content Now
Everyone wants to tell us whether AI is good or bad. The question nobody is paying us to ask is who owns the machinery.
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On Chicago's staff-inclusive AI ban, New York's moratorium, and why keeping students away from the tool might be the bigger risk.
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