Joshua Rothman

How Should We Think About Our Different Styles of Thinking?

Joshua Rothman on the nature of thoughts and on “Visual Thinking,” Temple Grandin’s latest book about neurodiversity.

Why the Godfather of A.I. Fears What He’s Built

Joshua Rothman joins Geoffrey Hinton on his island and learns why the neural-network pioneer thinks A.I. systems, like Open AI’s ChatGPT, could grow too smart to remain under our control.

Are We Already Living in Virtual Reality?

Joshua Rothman reports on virtual-embodiment technology, which is challenging our understanding of who and what we are.