Review: A Cognitive Neuroscientist's Take on How AI Models Think

New technique makes AI models leaner and faster while they’re still learning

Trump's New Budget—Which Proposes $1.5 Trillion for Defense—Is Unserious. You Should Still Take It Seriously.

Mini models of the human brain are revealing how this complex organ takes shape

The Lubitsch Touch

The Push for Artificial Inheritance

Upcoming Visiting Position at University of Virginia

The Birthright Citizenship Question that Stumped the Solicitor General

The Mystery of Water on the Moon

Dirty Dishes

On Ben Lerner’s Transcription

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

“How we live as ethical people and behave and think wisely is not something to optimize, or, crucially, to even let ourselves think about in this way”

David Rieff, Doritos, and the intellectual deformations of social media. “I don’t exactly think better of myself for all the time I spend on Twitter”

On Heroes and Role Models

The vapid radicalism of American studies. Scholars are quick to denote “racist, patriarchal, imperial” forces, but where does that take the field?

States Take Steps to Fight Civil Terrorism

Recent Shootings Are a Wake-Up Call To Take Responsibility for Your Own Defense

Trump Wants To 'Take Over' State Elections

First Jobs Matter More Than We Think

Improving AI models’ ability to explain their predictions

“Revolution” initially signaled destruction. Why did the word take on a more optimistic tenor?