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Adrienne Gibbs

Adrienne Gibbs

·6 days ago

What We’re Reading: What Can’t AI Do?

Hi everybody, I’ll be honest, when concerns about generative AI first made headlines, all I could think about was Robocop, the ’80s Terminator series, and Minority Report. Those movies are about mixing technology with humanity to create superbeings that, in theory, stop problems before they start. Like all old sci-fi…

What Were Reading

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What We’re Reading: What Can’t AI Do?
What We’re Reading: What Can’t AI Do?
What Were Reading

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Adrienne Gibbs

Adrienne Gibbs

·May 26

What We’re Reading: Always take a peek at the comments

A selection of Medium stories you may have missed this week — I was perusing Medium this week for stories about Tina Turner, the iconic American rock and soul legend who recently passed away — age 83 — at her home in Switzerland. And I found a few, like this uplifting piece by William Spivey. There were also several comments to Spivey’s…

What Were Reading

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What We’re Reading: Always take a peek at the comments
What We’re Reading: Always take a peek at the comments
What Were Reading

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Medium Staff

Medium Staff

·May 19

What we’re reading: You can’t wait until later

A selection of Medium stories you may have missed this week — As we enter mid-May, I’m struck again by the swift passage of time. The year, which seems like it only just began, is already more than a third of the way over. One of the most affecting pieces I’ve read recently on Medium is a meditation on time’s fast flow…

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What we’re reading: You can’t wait until later
What we’re reading: You can’t wait until later
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Medium Staff

Medium Staff

·May 12

What we’re reading: celebrations and sorrow

Reflections on Mother’s Day, a window into the Carroll v. Trump trial, and more perspectives worth reading — Hey y’all, I recently received an email from a retailer, asking if I would like to opt out of Mother’s Day emails and congratulations. (For our international readers: celebrating motherhood in mid-May is customary in the U.S.) I pondered that email, thinking about my two children, who are a joy…

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What we’re reading: celebrations and sorrow
What we’re reading: celebrations and sorrow
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Medium Staff

Medium Staff

·May 5

What we’re reading: When modern life and history intersect

A few Medium stories you may have missed this week — Hey all, I’ve been doing a deep dive into essays about heritage and how modern life is intersected and informed by the actions of your ancestors. Some of you are really good about researching and documenting your findings. Take professor and author Aimee Liu, for example. After she shared the…

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What we’re reading: When modern life and history intersect
What we’re reading: When modern life and history intersect
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Medium Staff

Medium Staff

·Apr 28

What we’re reading: Declutter your brain

A few Medium stories you may have missed this week — There is a lot of advice out there about the best time to wake up, the best time to work out, and the best habits to develop. The advice is so abundant that, if you try to incorporate them all, your wires just might overload. Sometimes you are the best…

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What we’re reading: Declutter your brain
What we’re reading: Declutter your brain
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Medium Staff

Medium Staff

·Apr 21

What we’re reading: Want to see something beautiful?

A handpicked selection of stories you may have missed this week — Want to see something beautiful? This mosque in Malaysia, a little cottage on the hill in Poland, and a series of tiny red houses seemingly floating on water in Norway are included in a cool, image-heavy article highlighting diverse architectural photos. Posted by the folks behind Wikipedia, these 25 otherworldly…

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What we’re reading: Want to see something beautiful?
What we’re reading: Want to see something beautiful?
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Medium Staff

Medium Staff

·Apr 14

What we’re reading: Aren’t humans amazing sometimes?

A few stories you may have missed this week — Humans are amazing sometimes. In the midst of *gestures broadly* everything happening in the world right now, it’s worth coming back to this simple truth from time to time, and I wanted to share two stories from Medium this week that illustrate the point in two very different ways. The…

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What we’re reading: Aren’t humans amazing sometimes?
What we’re reading: Aren’t humans amazing sometimes?
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Medium Staff

Medium Staff

·Apr 7

What we’re reading: Dungeons & Dragons & AI

A few stories you may have missed this week — A movie set in the world of the nerdiest pastime ever, “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” topped the U.S. box office this past weekend. Artificial intelligence is the biggest technology story of the moment. Where do these two things intersect? In this incredible story about using ChatGPT4 as the…

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What we’re reading: Dungeons & Dragons & AI
What we’re reading: Dungeons & Dragons & AI
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Medium Staff

Medium Staff

·Mar 31

What We’re Reading: When a story and a writer connect, it’s magic

Notes on Wikipedia’s redesign, reflections on the rise of AI, and more perspectives worth reading — Every day, thousands of writers publish their stories on Medium. They use the platform for all sorts of reasons: To hone their skills as a writer or thinker, to connect with an audience, to build their professional profile, to share insight and expertise. As a Medium reader, you have direct…

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What We’re Reading: When a story and a writer connect, it’s magic
What We’re Reading: When a story and a writer connect, it’s magic
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