Olivia de Recat

Sep 12, 2024 | newyorker.com | Sarah Vollman |Olivia de Recat

What if the tech companies are all wrong, and the way artificial intelligence is poised to transform society is not by curing cancer, solving climate change or taking over boring office work, but just by being nice to us, listening to our problems, and occasionally sending us racy photos? —New York Times. CrystalOnly ever messages you when she needs something—usually a software update—but still starts the chat acting like she’s just checking in.

Jun 5, 2024 | newyorker.com | Olivia de Recat

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May 2, 2024 | latimes.com | Olivia de Recat

The author is a writer and cartoonist based in Los Angeles. She is the author of “Drawn Together: Illustrated True Love Stories” (Voracious, 2022). She’s on Instagram: @drawingolive L.A. Affairs chronicles the search for romantic love in all its glorious expressions in the L.A. area, and we want to hear your true story. We pay $400 for a published 950- to 1,000-word essay. (Occasionally we work with artists and cartoonists on illustrated stories.) Email your essay [email protected].

May 2, 2024 | yahoo.com | Olivia de Recat

The metaphor sent me into a spiral. "He'd say things like, 'You're too serious' ... I went rogue. I tried being spicier, sweeter, umami-er.""I stewed on it for months. Eventually we broke up.""'What kind of salad do you think I'd be?' I asked my friends weeks after the breakup.... I had to know."Illustrations of Harvest Bowl from Sweetgreen, Wedge from Musso & Frank, Papaya Salad from Jitlada and DIY Salad. "I didn't have sex for a year....

Apr 9, 2024 | newyorker.com | Olivia de Recat |Nate Odenkirk

“Son, we won’t see this many eclipse glasses returned to Amazon for another twenty years.”