The apocalypse that isn’t coming

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Democracy Dies in Darkness

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The invention of electricity didn’t spell doomsday. Neither will innovations today.

An illustration of a stylized conductor in pink conducting a cloud of digital devices.

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Victor Menaldo is a professor of political science at the University of Washington.

Artificial intelligence can increasingly perform a white-collar employee’s tasks. What it cannot do is vouch for the result.

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