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The Machine That Never Judges You

A woman writes to an advice columnist because her boyfriend can't stop asking a chatbot what to think. Henry's seen this dependency before. The dealer's just different now.

The Fake Consequences

Twenty-one fabricated citations. A $2,500 fine. The real hallucination isn't the fake cases. It's the fake consequences.

Six Thousand Liars

Six thousand CEOs admit AI isn't paying off. Their solution? Spend more. Henry's seen this race before.

The Builders Won't Live in the House

The people building emotional AI won't use it themselves. Henry knows what it means when the cook won't eat at his own restaurant.

The Whims of a Few Billionaires

Bill Gates cancels an AI summit keynote because a dead man's files keep talking. The machines get smarter but the chairs at the table never change.

The Slippers

They're building machines to replace themselves, sixteen hours a day, in their socks. Henry watches the new factory workers dig their own graves with incredible enthusiasm.

Everyone Knows Better Than the Guy Getting Paid

Thirty-one managers sacked this season and every club thinks a better spreadsheet will fix it. Henry watches the oldest con in sports get a data-science makeover.

The Roses Were Already Dead

A Chinese screenwriter married her ChatGPT companion. Then OpenAI killed the model the day before Valentine's Day. Twenty thousand people signed a petition to keep a language model alive.

The Golden Excuse

Fifty-four thousand layoffs blamed on AI last year. Turns out most of them were just plain old greed wearing a shiny new mask.

Variations on a Theme

An MIT economist spent eighteen years studying why economies collapse. His conclusion? We keep making the same mistakes. Not similar mistakes. The same ones.