My Thoughts on AI, Part 1: Fears, Opinions, and Mental Journey

My own personal thoughts and opinions on AI effects and usage, and how those have evolved over time

I Need You To Understand That “Moving Fast and Breaking Things” Is Playing With Peoples’ Lives

Scattered thoughts in reaction to alleged AI IPOs

afra wang on Twitter / X

a great @NewYorker essay by Becca Rothfeld on the humanistic reasons behind the anti-AI movement: AI is arriving too early in young people’s lives, and they fear it will prevent them from growing into fully fledged humans—in a sense, an existential threat.… pic.twitter.com/LgqL4TgJEJ— afra wang (@afrazhaowang) October 9, 2026

My Thoughts on AI | Jack Conte

Hey creators! I’ve been thinking a lot about AI over the last year, but I’ve mostly been speaking about it in little short form clips and in

Don't let AI make you dumber - Marginal REVOLUTION

That is the topic of my latest Free Press column, here is one excerpt: I do not think the skeptics would put it this way, but as I read Conti, I find he has a pretty bleak fundamental view of humanity. Are we all really just looking to veg out and abandon curiosity and inquiry, […]

Bernie Sanders “Interviewed” A Chatbot To Expose AI’s Secrets. It Has No Secrets. It Just Agrees With You.

Senator Bernie Sanders has a viral video making the rounds in which he “interviews” Anthropic’s Claude chatbot about the dangers of AI and privacy. It has over two million views. …

We Asked the ‘Future of Truth’ Author to Explain How He Used AI. It Didn’t Go Well

A book about how AI shapes perceptions of reality came under fire for using AI-generated quotes. Its problems go beyond that.

Mark Zuckerberg is excited to add more AI content to all your social feeds

Is AI the next era of social media?

Marc Andreessen can’t explain AI’s benefits, either.

Joe Rogan accidentally asked a hard question! He noted that Andreessen has said that the people who are running AI haven’t done a good job explaining AI’s benefits. He asks Andreessen to do it. Andreessen’s pitch appears to be “thinking is too hard.” Well, increasingly, I do believe thinking is too hard… for Andreessen. The rest of us — you know, normal people — are thinking just fine. [Media: https://www.tiktok.com/@fanpowerfuljre13/video/7641675615833197854?_r=1&_t=ZT-96VfWh5XKYQ]