Ted Chiang

Dec 4, 2024 | thehumanist.com | Ted Chiang

Ted Chiang received the Humanist Inquiry & Innovation Award at the American Humanist Association’s 83rd Annual Conference, held virtually in September 2024. This award honors those who have advanced human understanding and innovation in ways that uphold humanist values, work that exemplifies the power of inquiry and innovation to promote human dignity, freedom and progress. Chiang is a renowned science fiction writer.

Dec 4, 2024 | thehumanist.com | Amy Goodman |Fish Stark |Karen Hao |Ted Chiang

Archive Amy Goodman received the Humanist of the Year Award at the American Humanist Association’s 83rd Annual Conference, held virtually in September 2024. The award recognizes a person of national and international reputation who, through the application of humanist values, has made a significant contribution to the human condition. Amy Goodman...

Nov 27, 2024 | cosmiclog.com | Alan Boyle |Gary Marcus |Ted Chiang

Have the risks of artificial intelligence risen to the point where more regulation is needed? Cognitive scientist Gary Marcus argues that the federal government — or maybe even international agencies — will need to step in. The Food and Drug Administration or the Federal Aviation Administration could provide a model, Marcus said last week during a fireside chat with Seattle science-fiction author Ted Chiang at Town Hall Seattle.

Sep 11, 2024 | ragazzo.substack.com | Ted Chiang |Bruce Bower |Ewen Callaway |Tara Haelle

Welcome to LINKS — my attempt to provide Rhapsody readers with five interesting stories that tell us something about what it means to be human . LINKS is published every Wednesday. Have a link you want to share? Drop it in the comments. By Ted Chiang, The New Yorker“Despite years of hype, the ability of generative A.I. to dramatically increase economic productivity remains theoretical.

Mar 1, 2024 | iainmaloney.substack.com | Ted Chiang |Iain Maloney

Flora Qian is a writer I first came across through Eastlit, an online journal of writing from across East Asia. I then asked her to contribute a story to In The Empty Spaces, an anthology I co-edited back in 2014 (more about that later this year). South of the Yangtze is her first novel, published after winning the International Proverse Prize, and it’s a brilliant debut.