All Stories

Vital Signs: A Reading List

A crash source in the future of human health.
How We Get To Next
Jun 1, 2016 4 min read

The Bot Power List 2016

Science fiction is full of bots that hurt people. HAL 9000 kills one astronaut and tries to kill another in 2001:...
How We Get To Next
May 27, 2016 13 min read

If You Talk to Bots, You’re Talking to Their Bosses

The customer service chatbots offered by companies are simply a new way to gather user data.
Brett Scott
May 26, 2016 5 min read

Chatbots Can Create Characters, but Only Humans Can Tell Stories

While bots can now write fiction, they lack the depth and nuance of human storytellers–for now
Guy Gadney
May 25, 2016 3 min read

Does Siri Believe in God?

A theological guide to chatbots and the world's major religions.
Leigh Alexander
May 24, 2016 7 min read

Falling in Love With a Bot Is Inevitable

People form intimate connections with even the simplest of machines–and as bots become more sophisticated, so will our relationships with them.
Jessica Harneyford
May 23, 2016 4 min read

The Police Are Recruiting Interrogation Bots

The next generation of lie detectors may be chatbots–but there are serious questions regarding the ethical framework underpinning them.
Simon Parkin
May 20, 2016 7 min read

Who’s to Blame When a Therapy Bot Goes Wrong?

Deploying bots in a medical setting demands a whole new ethical framework.
Natalie Kane
May 19, 2016 5 min read

I Tried Dieting With a Chatbot. I Hated It.

"Here I am, inside a chat app, with no agency to ask the most basic questions about how the product works."
Abigail Hartstone
May 18, 2016 10 min read

Taming the Wild West of Journobots

We need an "algorithmic ombudsman" to safeguard our news.
Vas Panagiotopoulos
May 17, 2016 5 min read
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
    •

    Explore →

    Above & Beyond Afrofuturism A Noxious Problem Arts & Culture A Visual History of the Future Beats Breaking the Cycle Design & Innovation Disability Disability Futures Fast Forward Food Fowl Plague Going Places Health Histories of... How We Got To Now How We Learn Identity Isla Del Encanto Made of Money Metropolis Nature & Climate Playing the Field Postcards From A Supply Chain Power Up Robots Vs Animals Sartorial Sections Series Space Talking With Bots The Future of Food The Human Machine The ID Question The Internet Themes The Power of Play The Roots of an Epidemic The Way We Work Together in Public Vital Signs Wonderland