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Born in the wrong generation

You have gone nowhere. There is nowhere for you to go.

Numb at the Lodge10.0(2)

Born in the wrong generation

If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you

If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you

Numb at the Lodge

9.7(3)

Child’s Play

Child’s Play

Harper's Magazine

9.3(3)

The carrion-eaters

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The marriage of the sun and the moon

The marriage of the sun and the moon

Sam Kriss·Substack·September 2026

0.0

The carrion-eaters

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Born in the wrong generation

Born in the wrong generation

Sam Kriss·Numb at the Lodge·April 2025

The carrion-eaters

Numb at the Lodge

9.0(2)

The carrion-eaters

Sam Kriss·Numb at the Lodge·August 2026

9.0(2)

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If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you

If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you

Sam Kriss·Numb at the Lodge·May 2026

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(1)

Reading is magic

Reading is magic

Sam Kriss·Numb at the Lodge·April 2026

9.0(1)

(1)

Child’s Play

Child’s Play

Sam Kriss·Harper's Magazine·March 2026

9.3(3)

(2)

Politics After Literacy

Politics After Literacy

Sam Kriss·Jacobin·March 2026

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(1)

Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?

Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?

Sam Kriss·The New York Times·December 2025

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Born in the wrong generation

Born in the wrong generation

Sam Kriss·Numb at the Lodge·April 2025

10.0(2)

(1)

10.0

(2)

(1)

If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you

If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you

Sam Kriss·Numb at the Lodge·May 2026

9.7(3)

(1)

Child’s Play

Child’s Play

Sam Kriss·Harper's Magazine·March 2026

9.3(3)

(2)

The carrion-eaters

The carrion-eaters

Sam Kriss·Numb at the Lodge·August 2026

9.0(2)

(2)

Reading is magic

Reading is magic

Sam Kriss·Numb at the Lodge·April 2026

9.0(1)

(1)

Politics After Literacy

Politics After Literacy

Sam Kriss·Jacobin·March 2026

0.0

(1)

The marriage of the sun and the moon

The marriage of the sun and the moon

Sam Kriss·Substack·September 2026

0.0

Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?

Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?

Sam Kriss·The New York Times·December 2025

0.0

Taylor Swift Does Not Exist

Taylor Swift Does Not Exist

Sam Kriss·Numb at the Lodge·November 2023

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