Summary

  • A new play called Doomers by Matthew Gasda is set in a meeting room and re-creates a board meeting to determine the fate of the company CEO, a stand-in for OpenAI’s Sam Altman
  • Gasda aims to capture the moral panic over AI in Silicon Valley, but the fast-paced exchanges sometimes mean valuable messages are lost.
  • China is known for its difficult-to-categorise cuisine, so the author often cooks to recreate a feeling of home and to experiment with themes from the cuisine.
  • After three years of sewing, mainly using vintage patterns, the author has begun to copy clothes from scratch, which they acquired through thrifting in Beijing.
  • This process involves deconstructing the logic of the garment and rebuidling it, which can be difficult but rewarding for the brain.

By Caiwei Chen

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