![]() How Do You Use AI? A ‘Free Press’ Symposium From Nellie Bowles on parenting and Larissa Phillips on farm life to Niall Ferguson on research, contributors weigh in on the role the technology is playing in their lives.
Artificial intelligence is everywhere, but what does that look like in practice? (Illustration by The Free Press)
This week, “The Wall Street Journal” ran an op-ed written with the help of artificial intelligence. Its editorial page editor, Paul Gigot, defended the author’s work, calling the use of AI “a fact of modern life.” But when, if at all, does this cross a line? Given our line of work here at “The Free Press,” this story caught our attention. That’s because it’s not only about a single essay at a major newspaper: AI is reshaping how people from all walks of life make decisions and do their work, introducing profound benefits and trade-offs—ones most of us never anticipated. ![]() This article is part of The New Economy. Sign up to get everything we publish on technology, business, markets, and the forces remaking how we work and live. So, we decided to ask the people themselves—teachers and religious leaders, AI enthusiasts and skeptics—to tell us how they’re actually using the technology (or choosing not to) in their daily lives. Here’s what they had to say. —The Editors Nellie Bowles, TGIF czarI haven’t figured out how to use AI for work yet, and I know that makes me a dinosaur, but I just like what I do and how I do it. It’s fine. It works...
Become a paid subscriber Get access to our comments section, special columns like TGIF and Things Worth Remembering, tickets in advance to our live events, and more. UPGRADE TODAY |
