Dylan Matthews
Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer
Latest articles by Dylan Matthews
Geothermal’s “breakthrough,” and the challenges ahead, explained.
The superconductor frenzy, explained.
ChatGPT, Midjourney, and other tools are forcing Biden and Congress to take AI seriously.
Companies like OpenAI and Google could make unthinkable profits from successful AI. Will they share the wealth?
How automation wiped out a whole career for young women — and how young women adapted.
A group of experts and “superforecasters” try to estimate the probability humans will go extinct by 2100.
What the history of nuclear arms can — and can’t — tell us about the future of AI.
How the Vietnam War and ancient Chinese medicine led to a malaria treatment.
Unions won’t come back without fundamental changes to bargaining.
How the legislation to avert an economic crisis would affect student loans, food aid, the IRS, and more.