Camryn
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Camryn
@dancingofpens
Writer and filmmaker. Author of 5 books, including THE FORGOTTEN SUMMER OF SENECA (out now!) and IN BETWEEN DAYS (May 12, 2026).



They’re not even giving kids a chance to develop their brains or their social world. Hooking them as customers as early as possible.




Jessica Winter has been raising her children to detest A.I. Then her daughter’s public middle school began receiving Google Chromebooks, which came pre-installed with an all-ages version of Gemini, a suite of A.I. tools. “When my daughter, who is in sixth grade, begins writing an essay, she gets a prompt: ‘Help me write,’ ” Winter writes. “If she is starting work on a slide-show presentation, the prompt is ‘Help me visualize.’ She shoos away these interruptions, but they persist: ‘Help me edit.’ ‘Beautify this slide.’ ” Proponents of generative A.I. in elementary and middle schools argue that such early exposure will foster digital-media literacy, and prepare them for a future in which most professions are steeped in A.I. But the technology also poses significant cognitive and social-emotional risks to young people. Read Winter’s report about A.I.’s infiltration into schools—and what it could mean for young minds: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/NSWuBG


This man is the most boring and useless character I’ve seen in a major movie in quite a while.






I’m almost 30, top 10% of American earners my age, I can’t afford a house - which means that the other 90% can’t either. Who are buying all of these houses?











