This week, we discuss Wall Street’s software-stock sell-off and a viral essay on X about the potential for widespread job displacement from A.I. Then, the New York Times reporter Alexandra Alter walks us through the process that a growing number of writers are adopting to churn out romance novels with help from A.I. chatbots. Finally, we each share one bit of good tech-related news — a new way to make playlists on Spotify and progress toward decoding whale sounds.
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“Hard Fork” is hosted by Kevin Roose and Casey Newton and produced by Whitney Jones and Rachel Cohn. This episode was edited by Vjeran Pavic. Engineering by Katie McMurran and original music by Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop, Marion Lozano, Rowan Niemisto and Alyssa Moxley. Fact-checking by Caitlin Love.
Special thanks to Paula Szuchman, Pui-Wing Tam and Dahlia Haddad.
