Towards the end of a week during which we have had much to celebrate, now comes the brave and clear-sighted author and philosopher Arundhati Roy. We are concerned that her urgent call in mid-October, to reckon with the devastating cultural and cognitive implications of AI, may have been lost amidst the political clamor and jubilation of recent weeks.
Her brilliant essay is worthy of close consideration by every DP reader; a few excerpts relayed below:






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