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Culture writer based in L.A. Senior editor @thepublicsquare. Formerly @smithsonianmag. Actually logged in on Bluesky

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Spotting the Difference in an AI World

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By Jackie Mansky, Jer Xiong
| Zócalo Public Square
Barry Cauchon couldn’t speak a word of French when his family moved from Hampton, Virginia, to Montreal, Quebec, in 1972. But that didn’t stop the 14-year-old from becoming a dedicated reader of the French-language daily La Presse, thanks to a game that needed no translation. Cartoonist Jean LaPlace’s “La chasse aux 8 erreurs” or “The 8-Mistake Hunt” asks readers to locate eight distinct differences across two nearly identical cartoons.
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Can a 1960s Therapy Bot Help Us Navigate AI Mental Health?

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By Jackie Mansky
| Zócalo Public Square
A woman with a rare genetic disorder recently wrote to the advice column “Dear Abby” regarding her new therapist. Charlie, she explained, had helped her “cope and heal” in ways previous therapists hadn’t. There was just one hiccup: Charlie was not human. Charlie was ChatGPT. In her published response to “Grateful and Strong,” Abby wrote that she was pleased that the woman’s interaction with her “therapist”—quotation marks Abby’s—was helpful.
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How Do Museums Resist Censorship?

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By Jackie Mansky
| Zócalo Public Square
In August of 2025, President Trump characterized museums as the “last remaining segment of ‘WOKE,’” putting a target on the back of arts and cultural institutions across the United States. Throughout his second term, Trump has exercised White House power to control or silence their voices, from attacking the curatorial independence of the Smithsonian Institution to slashing federal agencies and funding for the humanities.
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