absurd that the attack ads against Scott Wiener in the CA senate race are specifically lambasting him for being… too soft on AI

A handful of observations on the popular politics of AI: 1) Americans fear and dislike AI (even those who use it!) and a majority are now w...

this book will be considered the definitive chronicle of this strange and important historical moment. I'm very proud of Kevin, and it was s...

Embedded evaluators in AI labs are far better than the status quo of nothing at all. Yet auditors will lack teeth and trust until backed by...

I hear roughly 3 reasons people keep working at AI labs despite believing in ~10% extinction risk: 1) Techno-determinism: Someone will buil...

A real pleasure talking to @ezraklein about data centers, the permanent underclass, SBF mindset, and AI vibes from SF to Shanghai https://w...

A real pleasure talking to @ezraklein about data centers, the permanent underclass, SBF mindset, and AI vibes from SF to Shanghai — and esp ...

This piece is out! 4 sites, 10 days, and 6000 words on the politics of data centers in the Midwest: https://jasmi.news/p/no-data-centers-in-...

I’m spending the next week driving around Wisconsin and Michigan to get a firsthand view of the data center buildout and backlash am visiti...

I've been thinking about the booing at college commencements & wondered: what advice would I give a 22yo for the age of AI? thinking back t...

An honor to interview the novelist Benjamín Labatut about Von Neumann, his conversations with Demis, and what the AI industry misses — "Li...

I think "being real with yourself" is the most underrated cognitive skill for the AI age — AI makes it too easy to lie to yourself: to sel...

2025 was the year that "Chinese peptides" took over SF. I wrote about it in my first for the NYT: gift link here https://nytimes.com/2026/0...