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Human Again: In the AI Age by J.D. Macpherson
Human Again: In the AI Age
J.D. Macpherson

Are you using AI or is AI using you? A bold, human-first field guide to staying sharp, relevant, and deeply human as artificial intelligence becomes a daily presence. Blends cultural insight, lived experience, and practical tools.

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๐Ÿ† September 2026 Picks of the Month

The Eureka Machine by Richard Socher
โญ Bjorn's Pick: The Eureka Machine
Richard Socher

AI will compress a century of scientific progress into a decade โ€” not by replacing scientists but by transforming every stage of how science gets done. A builder's case for optimism, from the founder of You.com and former chief scientist at Salesforce.

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Artificial Intimacy by Sherry Turkle
๐Ÿ—ณ๏ธ Community Pick: Artificial Intimacy
Sherry Turkle

If social media came for our attention, AI is coming for our capacity for attachment. Forty years of MIT research distilled into a warning about what happens when we start accepting the performance of empathy as empathy itself.

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