The New Yorker

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Contributors

The Mail: The Mail

Goings On: Goings On • What we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week.

Tables for Two: Lagos TSQ • 727 Seventh Ave.

Comment: Polls and Votes

L.A. Postcard: Delegation

High Note Dept.: Dressing Malcolm X

The Pictures: Three-Headed Monster

In Uniform: The People’s Designer

Personal History: Begin End • A coder on the waning days of the craft.

Shouts & Murmurs: Dear Parents

Annals of Law Enforcement: In Front of Their Faces • Does facial-recognition technology lead police to ignore contradictory evidence?

Profiles: Metamorphosis • The godfather of A.I. thinks it’s actually intelligent—and that scares him.

Poems: The Keep

Onward and Upward with Technology: Infinite Art • The artist Holly Herndon prepares for a world shaped by A.I.

Fiction: According to Alice

Poems: Gonzo

Books: Your Lying Eyes • People now use A.I. to generate fake videos indistinguishable from real ones. How much does it matter?

Books: The War On Chaplin • Why the Tramp had to be brought low.

Books: Briefly Noted

A Critic at Large: Made You Look • The desert illusions of the Sphere and “City.”

Musical Events: Wild Reeds • James Austin Smith proves that an oboist can have an adventurous solo career.

On Television: Reality Bites • “The Curse,” on Showtime.

The Theatre: The Human Comedy • Off Off Broadway serves up “FOOD,” “Redwood,” and “Faust.”

CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST

Puzzles & Games Dept.: The Crossword • A lightly challenging puzzle.