Kate J. Kaufman
Latest Articles
Harvard Students’ AI Usage: By the Numbers
A survey of over 300 Harvard students shows more than a third of students use AI in ways they identify as against course policies.
Afterlives of a Thousand Human Brains
Paul I. Yakovlev worked at state institutions for over 25 years, collecting the post-mortem brains of his patients.
Most Chronically Online: Chaelon Simpson
With 455 people currently added to his Close Friends story, Chaelon says he wants “everyone to be in on the joke.”
You Are the Internet Observing Itself
John Green and the meme diet of cyborgs.
The Core of Corecore
Jonathan Larson and the Difficulty of Meaning-Making in an Online World
Cringe Is Sooo Cringe
Timothée Chalamet and the Coming-of-Age of the Internet
Fifteen Questions: Curtis T. McMullen on Shared Truths, Unsolved Problems, and How to Illustrate Infinity
The Cabot Professor of Mathematics sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss life lessons from mathematics, the challenges of formulating good questions, and his work visualizing curved space.
Visiting your internet-free cafe won’t satiate my bottomless hunger for brainrot
I’m more certain than ever that memes are at the top of my food pyramid, and I’m disillusioned from any notion that matcha and mousse might sufficiently correct my diet.
The Weight of Lightweight Rowing
It is an open secret that lightweight rowing can promote disordered eating. But the category persists as a collegiate sport, and Harvard is one of the few schools that offers it.
Fifteen Questions: Martin Puchner on Philosopher Chatbots, AI Writing, and the Future
The professor of Drama, English, and Comparative Literature sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss cultural production, writing with ChatGPT, and modeling a chatbot after himself.