Content on AI
My Daughter Became Bat Mitzvah as AI Overturned the Math World
When is learning about simply gaining information, and when is it about deepening a connection?
We know what AI isn’t. Nobody wants to say what it is.
By refusing to offer a clear, convincing argument for what AI is, we only boost AI’s mysteriousness. Its ineffability, so to speak.
No Matter the Prophecies, Keep Planting
Not everything that is built is a net positive, and it takes time for us to recognize the impact of our inventions.
AI and Our Relationships
We are increasingly drawn to the “illusion of companionship without the demands of friendship.”
AI can apologize, but it cannot be forgiven
AI is a superhuman apologizer. No human can hope to keep up. Humans dissemble and accuse. They get defensive. Not Claude.
Does AI play favorites with religion?
Because AI is now a gatekeeper of knowledge, we have to be especially careful about the way that we represent society and different viewpoints.
Even Kings Need Guardrails — And So Do Our AI Agents
The Torah reminds us that agency should not be for its own sake; the king’s job is not to enjoy the benefits—it’s to lead the people, and, in this text, be subject to the law. Even the king needs guardrails.”
What would a Jewish encyclical on AI look like?
The Forward and Sinai and Synapses brought together leading voices in Jewish thought and technology to explore what a distinctly Jewish approach to artificial intelligence might look like. Watch the conversation on ethics, responsibility, and what it means to be human in the age of AI.
Buddhism, Artificial Intelligence, and Attention
As our relationship with artificial intelligence continues to evolve, it might be a good idea for all of us to spend some extra time strengthening our attention muscles.
Prompting Prejudice: How AI Learns and Unlearns Hate
How can AI systems transcend the antisemitism and other forms of hate embedded across the internet?
The Image of God in the Age of AI
What does it actually mean to be created in the image of God, and what happens to that idea when a machine can reason, choose, and create too?