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A Gift From the Basketball Gods
The Knicks represent the best of New York sports. Craig T Fruchtman / Getty There is, for me, an out-of-time quality to the recent string of crazy, wonderful Knicks playoff games. I find myself lying awake night after night reviewing jump shots made, fouls committed, and shots blocked, always a
Someone Finally Wants to Hire Philosophers
Silicon Valley is turning to ethicists to shape the future of AI. Illustration by Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Philosophy has long suffered an unfortunate reputation as pedantic and abstruse. In one of the most prominent debates of the 20th century, philosophers spent a great
Canned Cocktails Will Smash You to the Ground
Americans may be drinking less. But a lot of them are getting drunk faster. Lauren Roche for The Atlantic Until recently, cocktails were a rarity at baseball stadiums. Beer was far easier to grab on the go, and getting rowdy fans liquored up was in no one’s best interest. Liquor was limited, so
No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious
Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning. Illustration by Enigmatriz Anthropic is regarded as a giant among AI companies, but perhaps what it really excels in is anthropomorphism. Earlier this year, the company released an 84-page document titled Claude’s “co
We’ve Made Some Totally Planned Changes to America’s 250th
Who needed music anyway? Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. Wonderful news! We’ve got a killer lineup for the Great American State Fair to celebrate America’s 250th! Nine amazing featured performers! The hottest ticket of the summer! Ah, hang on. Many of the performers are compla
The Uncertain Future of the Smithsonian’s Smallest Museum
The Anacostia Community Museum was a pioneer in preserving Black history. Will that be enough to save it from President Trump? Ann E. Zelle / Getty In 1969, the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, in Washington, D.C., debuted a new exhibit: “The Rat: Man’s Invited Affliction.” The display—complete w
China’s Economy Is Taking Everyone Down
American and Chinese workers are paying a high price for all the cheap goods. Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic. Source: Vincent Thian-Pool / Getty. Some economists assumed that the buying power of China’s expanding middle class would ultimately fuel global growth. China has i
Donald Trump’s Superficiality Is Bone Deep
For the shallowest man ever to occupy the presidency, surface appeal is a guiding principle. Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Donald Trump is reluctant to anoint J. D. Vance as his successor, and understandably so. But The New York Times recently discovered a peculiar basis for the president’s concern.
Trump Dreads an Iran Deal Worse Than Obama’s
Talks have stalled in part because the president keeps aiming for a grand finale. Jeff Swensen / Getty President Trump was on a conference call late last month from the Situation Room with leaders from across the Middle East and South Asia to pitch a deal that he believed was within reach to en
Atlantic Trivia: Infrastructure
Test your knowledge—and read our stories for a little extra help. Today we’re talking housing and infrastructure, with a bit of lit thrown in. (You are reading The Atlantic.) Find previous questions here, and to get Atlantic Trivia in your inbox every day, sign up for The Atlantic Daily. If
Another Chance for Trump to Cash Out
The president’s battle over presidential records is more serious than it looks. Illustration by Lucy Naland. Sources: Getty; Jim Watson / AFP / Getty; Samuel Corum / Sipa / Bloomberg / Getty. If Republicans lose control of either chamber of Congress in November, a constitutional crisis will eru
The Arch Is Atrocious
Trump’s colossal monument would mar Washington’s skyline and disrupt one of its most sacred spaces. Illustration by Lucy Naland. Source: NCPC / Harrison Design. The meanings of words such as honor, sacrifice, and humility have been leaking away from American civic life like red blood cells from
The Left Needs to Rediscover Its Patriotism
A left that rejects a hopeful, empathetic love of the United States can never win the country to its side. Paolo Pellegrin / Magnum Photo On the eve of the 250th anniversary of the nation’s independence, more Americans on the right than on the left say they feel patriotic. Recent polls show tha
The President Keeps Contradicting Himself on AI
Donald Trump’s new AI order is a lot of nothing. Yuri Gripas / Bloomberg / Getty For months now, the White House has hinted that it may try to rein in the AI industry. Just two weeks ago, the nation’s top tech executives—including Sam Altman and Dario Amodei—were invited to attend a ceremony fo
What Trump Wants From Bill Pulte
The director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency has no experience in national security but can be counted on to go after the president’s enemies. Illustration by Allison Zaucha Davis / The Atlantic. Sources: Mark Schiefelbein / AP; Roberto Schmidt / Getty. President Trump’s critics would hav
One Reason Trump Might Have Chosen His New Intelligence Chief
Bill Pulte has no national-security experience, but he does have one qualification that might appeal to the president. Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, an
AI Has Ruined the Job Market
Maybe flawed people were better than brute algorithms. Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Diyun Zhu / Getty; James Whitaker / Getty; Valerii Evlakhov / Getty. A few years ago, Ken Schumacher was working for a technology company. Part of his job involved assessing potential hires: hopping on
The Ordinary Miracle of Existing
Being alive at all is the most extraordinary stroke of good luck any of us will ever experience. Photograph by Will Matsuda On the northwestern shore of Africa, some 150 miles south of the Canary Islands, the coastline slightly bulges in a pimple known as Cape Bojador. For Europeans in the earl
Trump’s Strange Choice for Director of National Intelligence
The president’s selection of Bill Pulte is both baffling and predictable. Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Bill Pulte does not have a habit of publicly saying admiring things about Vladimir Putin or Bashar al-Assad, so in that one respect his appointment as acting director of national intelligence repr
Where Dogs Go On With Their Doggy Life
Why are there so many canines in fine art? Museo Lazaro Galdiano Dogs follow the direction of a person’s gaze almost as well as another person can—better, in fact, when they are motivated to, because dogs are relentless. They track the movements of our eyeballs to see what we’re looking at so t
The Art of the Joyful Tearjerker
A new novel by the Hamnet author Maggie O’Farrell showcases her genius for infusing painful stories with flashes of pure bliss. Evelyn Freja / Connected Archives Last fall, while leaving a critic’s screening of the film Hamnet, I was confronted just outside the door by the production company’s
The Strange Appeal of the Solitude Influencer
Some of them say they have no friends—and they love it. Illustration by Camille Deschiens Lana Isa has 195,000 followers on Instagram, for videos that mostly consist of her shuffling around her quiet, tidy apartment. She slides a premade pizza into the oven, pours herself a wineglass full of Di
There Is Already a Word for the Deep Moral Failures of AI
It’s sin. Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. For the past few years, I’ve been troubled by a word, and that word is sin. I keep reaching for it, because it seems to be the only term s
Democrats Must Learn to Talk Sports
Politicians need as much attention as possible, as frequently as possible, while seeming as relatable as possible. A cheat code exists to hit all three objectives. Illustration by Jonelle Afurong / The Atlantic. Source: Cipariss / Getty; RobinOlimb / Getty. For the first time since 1999, the Ne
How Raphael Made It All Look So Easy
A Met exhibition devoted to the Renaissance painter shows the artist letting loose. Ashmolean Museum / University of Oxford Plenty of faces keep you company in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s exhibition “Raphael: Sublime Poetry”—saints and sinners, popes and poets, ladies in posh frocks or not