Your Chatbot Isn't Your New Best Friend (And Never Will Be)

Yes, I let a chatbot write the headline to this piece about why it's irresponsible for news organizations to publish stories pretending that chatbots are sentient.

These past few days have been… interesting, to say the least. The New York Times blew off an open letter signed by hundreds of current and former contributors about its irresponsible and obsessive coverage of trans issues, responding, “Our journalism strives to explore, interrogate and reflect the experiences, ideas and debates in society.”

And then publ…