FYI with Chris Martin

FYI with Chris Martin

Not Everything Needs to Be Useful

On artificial intelligence, art, and utility

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Chris Martin
Apr 14, 2026
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Opinions about AI aren’t hard to come by these days.

Some think AI is a wonderful technological advancement that will lead to unmatched productivity and economic growth, leading us into some sort of new industrial age of wealth, prosperity, and freedom.

Others think AI is a scourge on society, a threat to jobs that will drive further disparity between th…

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