What Hollywood Is Missing About A.I. The technology is now popping up onscreen in everything from "The Morning Show" to "St. Denis Medical"--but nothing on air this year could compete with reality. Until recently, the most reliable source of clever thought experiments about ascendant technologies on television was the Netflix series "Black Mirror." The anthology drama débuted in 2011, and its creator, Charlie Brooker, quickly established his interest in the promise and perils of artificial intelligence.

The author's new essay collection, "Dead and Alive," addresses debates on representation in literature, feminism, and how our phones have radicalized us. Since Zadie Smith published her début novel, " White Teeth," twenty-five years ago, she has been a bold and original voice in literature. But those who aren't familiar with Smith's work outside of fiction are missing out. As an essayist, in and other publications, Smith writes with great nuance about culture, technology, gentrification, politics. "There's really not a topic that wouldn't benefit from her insight," David Remnick says. He spoke with Smith about her new collection of essays, " Dead and Alive ."

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What we enjoy about generative A.I. may also be its ultimate limitation: we want to see ourselves. During the past few weeks, I've seen a proliferation of A.I.-generated video in my social-media feeds and group texts. The more impressive--or, at least, more personalized--of these have been the work of Sora 2, the updated version of OpenAI's video-generation platform, which the company released on an invitation-only basis at the end of September. This iteration of Sora comes with a socially networked app, and it appears to be much better at integrating you and your friends, say, into a stock scene. What this means is that, when you open up Sora 2, you'll likely see a video of someone you know winning a Nobel Prize, getting drafted into the N.B.A., or flying a bomber plane in the Second World War.

Kid Rock told Fox News Digital that he doesn't necessarily set out to write patriotic music, but "the message of patriotism in my music has just always been there." Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello had some choice words for President Donald Trump at a concert on Sunday. Rolling Stone reported that during his performance at the Boston Calling Music Festival, the famous musician unloaded on Trump in response to the president's recent spat with classic rock legend Bruce Springsteen. "Bruce is going after Trump because Bruce, his whole life, he's been about truth, justice, democracy, equality," Morello said onstage, adding, "And Trump is mad at him because Bruce draws a bigger audience. The feud between Trump and Springsteen began nearly two weeks ago when the artist accused the president of treason during a concert in Manchester, England. "The mighty E Street Band is here tonight to call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of rock and roll in dangerous times.

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