Strogatz: WIRED had to distill a long AI conversation into a one-day article
stevenstrogatz · x · 2026-09-13
In his thread, Strogatz thanks WIRED reporter Isabella Ward, who had the difficult job of distilling a long, wide-ranging conversation into a timely piece about the week's events in just one day — inevitably leaving much out. This sets up his fuller explanation of what moved him.
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