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An open notebook with handwritten notes beside an old book. — Existing Frameworks: We have the ethics; we are not always willing to apply them. | Source: Aaron Burden

Opinion

Guest Essay: We Don't Need a New Ethics for the AI Era. We Need to Use the One We Have

A philosopher argues that the existing ethical frameworks are sufficient for the contemporary AI questions, if we are willing to apply them.

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Opinion

Editorial: Pass the Voting Rights Restoration Act, Even in Its Reduced Form

By Jamal Whitfield a month ago

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Opinion

The Real Cost of Sports Betting Is Showing Up in Places We Aren't Watching

By Sofia Almeida a month ago

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Opinion

Opinion Audio: What Work Means When We Cannot Quite See It

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Arts

Sunday Essay: What the Bestseller List Has Always Been For

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Opinion

Op-Doc Review: One Night in an Emergency Department

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Opinion

Editorial: The AI Regulatory Architecture Needs Coherence, Not Necessarily More Rules

By Daniel Park a month ago

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Opinion

Guest Essay: Rural Hospitals Closing Is Not Inevitable. It Is the Result of Specific Choices

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Opinion

Letters: Readers Respond to the Climate Adaptation Editorial

By Sofia Almeida a month ago

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Opinion

Guest Essay: The Quiet Resilience of African Diplomatic Coalitions

By Sofia Almeida a month ago

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Opinion

What We Lose When We Stop Reading Difficult Books

By Imogen Hart a month ago

A residential apartment building under construction with cranes.

Opinion

Guest Essay: I Build Affordable Housing. The Policy Conversation Frustrates Me

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Opinion

Letters: Readers Respond to the Editorial Board on Housing

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Opinion

Op-Doc Review: The Daily Life of a Branch Library

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Opinion

Editorial: The Climate Adaptation Conversation Needs to Catch Up With the Mitigation Conversation

By Sofia Almeida a month ago

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Opinion

What New York Forgets About Itself in the Periodic Anxiety Cycles

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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Opinion

Letters: Readers Respond to the Sunday Essay on Institutional Trust

By Jamal Whitfield a month ago

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Opinion

Opinion Audio: The Practice of Actually Listening

By Imogen Hart a month ago

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