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Artificial intelligence might be bringing humanity back. Our columnist on A.I.-generated art and culture. Plus:

Free buses could change New York City

The Democratic Party’s identity crisis

Darren Aronofsky’s neo-noir nightmare

Visual by David Szauder; Generated using A.I.

Joshua Rothman

A staff writer whose column, Open Questions , explores what it means to be human.

Not long ago, a band called the Velvet Sundown started getting attention online. Two of its albums appeared in the course of just a few weeks, and were soon streamed millions of times. People noticed that its photogenic members had barely any

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