Carson’s Century

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Johnny Carson, the late-night television talk show host and, at his peak in the 1970s and ’80s, probably the most famous and best-paid entertainer in the USA. To celebrate the occasion we have this just-published fanboy biography, Carson the Magnificent. The book has had a

AI in the Crosshairs

Perhaps the best that can be said for Gary Marcus’s new book sounding the alarm about the dangers of artificial intelligence is that it comes from a good place. A decorated AI developer, a renowned neuroscientist and psychologist, and a highly successful entrepreneur, Marcus notes at the outset of Taming Silicon Valley, his polemic against

Love, Virtually

Twenty-two-year-old Haliey Welch, who went viral for coining the phrase “Hawk Tuah,” launched the most recent iteration of the dating app this year: Pookie Tools, which coaches individuals on how to interact with each other virtually instead of pairing matches like a regular dating app. The AI-driven program can analyze dating app profiles and rank