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Welcome to the November issue of The Highlight

AI is improving at what feels like a breakneck pace. Once, it struggled with basic syntax; now, it can ace some college-level coursework. The better it gets, the more reason there is to worry about what it could soon mean for all of our jobs — and whether continued progress could doom many to a permanent economic underclass. In this month’s Highlight cover story, Eric Levitz examines the fatalistic futurist’s vision of “AGI-induced neofeudalism” and how it can still be avoided. Also in this issue: how police body cameras have turned from an accountability measure into YouTube content. A better way to think about caring for yourself. And why peanut butter is back in the lunchroom.


You don’t need better boundaries. You need a better framework.

By Sigal Samuel


Why peanut butter is back on the kids’ menu

By Bryan Walsh


The most likely AI apocalypse

By Eric Levitz


Is it okay if I don’t love my partner all the time?

By Allie Volpe


Who is the “trad husband”

By Anna North


Welcome to the age of viral police body cam footage

By Jack Meserve

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