News Summary

• Arundhati Roy delivers a scorching, dizzying essay on the perils of artificial intelligence.
• Roy references Greek mythology, Francis Ford Coppola, the Bible, India’s industrial history, and Tie Me Up!
• Plus, Emily Dickinson features in the lede: The auguries are raining down hard.
• You can no longer use your instincts.
• You have to use the App.
• Now that AI owns the em dash, what will future generations make of Emily Dickinson and her love of them?
• Has she been fed to the machine, too?
• Will they love her less?
• Are we being gradually locked out of language?
• Does it matter anymore?