Who Benefits From AI Alarmism?; Singer Jenny Lewis’ Confessions of Jilt; Artichokes

[View this email in your browser]( June 13, 2023 • Sivan 24, 5783 # [The Jenny Lewis Show]( The indie star’s latest is a Bakersfield sound-drenched ode to self-destruction. Don’t say she didn’t warn you. [BY DAVID YAFFE](#) [Advertisement](#) # [The Cyborgs Go to Washington]( Who really benefits from the fearmongering calls for AI regulation? [BY HIRSH CHITKARA](#) # [You Gotta Have Hearts]( The delicious history of the artichoke [BY PAOLA GAVIN](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # TAKE ONE [Gittin 28]( Today’s Talmud page discusses the death penalty in foreign lands, and whether one should assume that a person has been killed if he is sentenced to death JUNE 13, 2023 FROM THE SCROLL In reference to the destruction of the critical Kakhovka dam last week, Time Magazine published an article titled “How Ukraine’s Dam Collapse Could Become the Country’s ‘Chernobyl.’” Gently correcting the national magazine’s unforced error, tweeter Amy Lutz responded to Time, “Um. I think Chernobyl was Ukraine’s Chernobyl.” [WE READ THE NEWS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO. CHECK OUT OUR AFTERNOON DIGEST.]( # # This email was sent to you by [Tablet Magazine](#) Tablet Magazine | P.O. Box 20079 | New York, NY 10001 [Remove me from this list]( | [Forward to a Friend]( You are receiving this email because you signed up at our website, www.tabletmag.com. Tablet Magazine P.O. Box 20079 New York, NY 10001 USA Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp [Mailchimp Email Marketing](