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Franklin Schneider

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New York
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The Unsettling Rise of AI Real-Estate Slop

The Unsettling Rise of AI Real-Estate Slop

Generated images for listings are disturbing-and not just because they can feel like a scam.

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When Did the Job Market Get So Rude?

When Did the Job Market Get So Rude?

Employer ghosting is on the rise. Now candidates are punching back.

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Why Is Everyone Convinced They Stink?

Why Is Everyone Convinced They Stink?

Whole-body deodorant is thriving. But at what cost?

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How Air Conditioning Conditioned America

How Air Conditioning Conditioned America

How air conditioning came to rule the American psyche.

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I See Your Smartphone-Addicted Life

I See Your Smartphone-Addicted Life

I've never owned the device, and I'm not sure I ever want to.

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What happens when you feed AI nothing

What happens when you feed AI nothing

Artist Terence Broad makes AI produce images without any training data by locking neural networks into recurs…

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Niu Lai Versus the Machines Original

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By Franklin Schneider
| Slate Verified
Movies A poorly made Chinese film about animated cows is one of the most profitable movies of all time. I watched it. Its appeal is all too clear. Tianjin Shanqi Film Studio Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily.
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Why People Are Actually So Anxious About Attention

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By Franklin Schneider
| The Atlantic Verified
Last year, I took a drastic step to protect my attention: I cut off my home internet service. I already refuse to get a smartphone and have long paid for an app to block internet access on my laptop when I need to be productive. Yet I was still wasting too many late-night hours scrolling X, or watching CGI reenactments of plane crashes and VHS rips of old Letterman episodes.
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Why Are So Many People Convinced They Stink? Original

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By Franklin Schneider
| The Atlantic Verified
The implication of the ads is clear: You stink. Not just your armpits—your entire body, head to toe, absolutely reeks. In your default state, you’re basically a gallon of milk accidentally left in a hot car. Never mind that an overwhelming percentage of the sweat glands on the human body don’t actually produce body odor.
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What tools and software do you use to do your job?

A comically blocky Thinkpad with the wifi adapter torn out

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Resign yourself to poverty

When's the best time to pitch you?

Between midnight and 4AM