Readers respond to Hannah Goldfield's Take about Anthony Bourdain and James Somers's piece about whether A.I. is thinking. Hannah Goldfield's article about "Don't Eat Before Reading This," by Anthony Bourdain, brought back memories of when I first learned of this new voice straddling the restaurant and literary worlds ( Takes, November 17th). When Bourdain's book "Kitchen Confidential" came out, in 2000, I was the general manager of an Italian restaurant at a historic five-star hotel. The staff was full of brainy foodies, and we talked about the book endlessly. We all thought Bourdain might end up being a flash in the pan, but were happy to be proved wrong.

But they certainly wish people were still taking their warnings really seriously. It's a weird time to be an AI doomer. This small but influential community of researchers, scientists, and policy experts believes, in the simplest terms, that AI could get so good it could be bad--very, very bad--for humanity. Though many of these people would be more likely to describe themselves as advocates for AI safety than as literal doomsayers, they warn that AI poses an existential risk to humanity. They argue that absent more regulation, the industry could hurtle toward systems it can't control. They commonly expect such systems to follow the creation of artificial general intelligence (AGI), a slippery concept generally understood as technology that can do whatever humans can do, and better. Though this is far from a universally shared perspective in the AI field, the doomer crowd has had some notable success over the past several years: helping shape AI policy coming from the Biden administration, organizing prominent calls for international "red lines " to prevent AI risks, and getting a bigger (and more influential) megaphone as some of its adherents win science's most prestigious awards. But a number of developments over the past six months have put them on the back foot.

Things to Do in L.A. Tap to enable a layout that focuses on the article. Rob Reiner used his fame to advocate for progressive causes. This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here . Rob Reiner was a Hollywood legend and also a political force, a frequent voice in progressive causes and a Democratic Party activist.

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On Thursday, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel criticized Time magazine's 2025 Person of the Year cover featuring AI tech CEOs, calling them "the eight dorks of the apocalypse."

In this episode of we take you through our recent conversation with Lisa Su and go behind the scenes of our Big Interview event. Last week, some of the most forward-thinking minds in tech, culture, and politics came together for WIRED's Big Interview event--a series of live, in-depth conversations with industry leaders. To kick off the event, Lauren Goode sat down with AMD's CEO Lisa Su. In this episode of, hosts Michael Calore and Lauren discuss the key ideas that came up during the interview, as well as the other conversations that caught everyone's attention during the event. Can AI Look at Your Retina and Diagnose Alzheimer's? San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie: 'We Are a City on the Rise' Write to us at uncannyvalley@wired.com . You can always listen to this week's podcast through the audio player on this page, but if you want to subscribe for free to get every episode, here's how: If you're on an iPhone or iPad, open the app called Podcasts, or just tap this link . Mike, I've been pondering the word tape. Because we say we're taping a podcast. I don't think the kids know what that means. I mean, they may know what it means in the abstract, but I don't think they've had the visceral experience of actually recording something onto tape. Be kind, rewind, all of that. No, so I guess we're supposed to say we're recording a podcast now. It's like when people say, let me film that. So then if you have a video podcast, are you shooting the podcast? Do you say taping, then? It covers all the bases. Well, should we record this pod? I would like to, yes. My throat is still feeling a little bit raw, even though it's been like four or five days. You sound delightful to me. I was first up in the morning. Katie, our boss, gave the intro to the conference and then it was me and Lisa Su, the CEO of AMD.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been named game of the year in a record-breaking haul at this year's Game Awards. The French-developed role-playing game (RPG) cleaned up in nine of the 10 categories it was up for, with further wins in best narrative, best music and best performance. It fended off competition from Death Stranding 2, Nintendo platformer Donkey Kong Bananza, indie games Hollow Knight: Silksong and Hades 2, and medieval adventure Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 to claim the top prize. During the ceremony in Los Angeles, players also got their first glimpses of two new Tomb Raider games, sequel Control Resonant and a new Star Wars role-playing game. Clair Obscur is set in a world where a supernatural being known as The Paintress prevents the population from growing past a certain age.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won nine awards, including game of the year, while newly announced games at the show include the next project from Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios New titles were announced, celebrities appeared, and at one point, screaming people were suspended from the ceiling in an extravagant promotion for a new role-playing game. Acclaimed French adventure Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 began the night with 12 nominations - the most in the event's history - and ended it with nine awards. The Gallic favourite took game of the year, as well as awards for best game direction, best art direction, best narrative and best performance (for actor Jennifer English). Elsewhere, Hades II took best action game, Hollow Knight: Silksong won in best action/adventure and Arc Raiders won best multiplayer. There was a decent showing for the new(ish) Nintendo Switch 2, with Donkey Kong Bananza taking best family game and Mario Kart World scorching across the line with best sports/racing game.

It's rude to boast, but here in 2025, you've got to take the wins where you can get them. This morning, magazine announced its Person of the Year, and it's me. If you want to get all technical about it, 's Person of the Year is not a person at all but a collection of people: the architects of AI. One of the two covers released is a re-creation of the "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper" photograph from 1932, which depicted blue-collar ironworkers suspended hundreds of feet in the air during the construction of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. In its image, replaces these laborers with tech personalities such as Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Jensen Huang.