Good morning. Tell us what you think of this new version of the newsletter at opiniontoday@nytimes.com. NotableA.I. sure looks like a bubble. Watch out when it pops. “The economic impact generated by a bursting of the A.I. bubble would be greater than the loss of the trillions currently being invested to build the technology itself.” — Jared Bernstein and Ryan Cummings, economists She struggled with addiction, then tried a weight-loss drug. “Medications can’t supply a home or a job or a reason to live, of course. But if they can help a woman who wants to be there for her children to avoid relapsing, it would be criminal to allow only the rich to benefit.” — Maia Szalavitz, contributing Opinion writer Remember President Palmer? Didn’t think so. “In the 1920s, government leaders also used incendiary speech to justify their actions. Anti-immigrant sentiment blurred with broader efforts to clamp down on free speech, and judicial due process often was ignored.” — Gerald F. Seib, a former longtime Wall Street Journal reporter and editor Spotlight
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Pete Buttigieg on Rebuilding America After TrumpA case for the idea that America needs a new sense of belonging. More in OpinionIn Your WordsRe: “The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World” So, if I’m reading this correctly, we have to hope the tech CEOs will quell their greed, military leaders will relax their distrust of adversaries, and politicians will be smart enough to keep this technology out of the hands of extremists. Good luck to us all. — A comment posted by Jay from Pennsylvania Read more comments on the story here and check out our Letters to the Editor. We hope you’ve enjoyed this newsletter, which is made possible through subscriber support. Subscribe to The New York Times.
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