A publication of expert dialogue and debate on the impacts of artificial intelligence, with articles from specialists across a range of fields.
Read / subscribe freeJeff Sebo (September 17, 2026) on whether AI systems could matter morally: consciousness, sentience and agency are three distinct ways something can count — and in AI, unlike in animals, they may not come as a package.
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Arianna Huffington's TIME essay, published October 2, 2026, on keeping human-generated awe in view alongside AI's capabilities.
Dylan Matthews' 2014 Vox profile of a philosopher who argues that harming characters in video games raises genuine moral questions — an early popular look at the ethics of digital minds.
A Fast Company piece arguing that the "stochastic parrot" description of large language models no longer fits current AI systems. (Described from the headline; the page blocks automated reading.)
An NCDA Career Convergence article by Safaa Amer (Oct. 2026) on how AI tools are reshaping career coaching — expanding access and automating tasks — and the AI literacy and ethical practice coaches need to use them responsibly.
A paper by Margaret Mitchell, Avijit Ghosh, Alexandra Sasha Luccioni and Giada Pistilli arguing that fully autonomous AI agents should not be developed. Drawing on prior scientific literature and current product marketing, the authors delineate levels of AI agent autonomy and show that risks to people increase as users cede more control, with safety risks to human life among the most concerning.
