A Government for Algorithms by Algorithms

AI has given us all a ‘third self’ — it’s driving our politics and driving us further from sanity.

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Clockwise, from left to right: Former president Donald Trump, Sen. John Fetterman (D., Pa.), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R., Ga.), and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.)

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Comedian Chris Rock has a classic bit about how nobody would date you if your potential partner knew what you were really like. That’s why, “when you meet somebody for the first time, you’re not meeting them, you’re meeting their representative.”

But that quip is no longer a joke. Online dating has been around for decades now, but recently men have been using artificial intelligence to both write their profiles and help them chat with people they match up with in the apps. It used to be that their public profiles had to marginally reflect their personality. Now, the entire process can be outsourced to a lovelorn CPU chip.

Christian Schneider

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Christian Schneider

Christian Schneider is a National Review contributor and writes the Anti-Knowledge newsletter. He is a co-host of the podcast Wasn't That Special: 50 Years of SNL.

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