'We Did Our Best': Metaphors of Parenting and AI
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| Original publisher | The New York Review of Books |
| Canonical URL | https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/06/25/we-did-our-best-ai-meghan-ogieblyn/ |
| Publication time | Tue, 11 Aug 2026 03:53:13 +0000 |
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Visit us on Facebook! Opens External Webpage Visit us on Twitter! Opens External Webpage Visit us on Threads! Opens External Webpage .st0{fill:currentColor;} Visit us on Bluesky! Opens External Webpage Mail to Print page Submit a letter: Email us [email protected] Years ago, in the early days of the deep learning revolution, a friend asked whether the whole field of AI research, which is roughly 70 percent male, existed because men were jealous of women’s ability to create life. It was not the kind of question that required a reply; the answer was obviously yes. My friend had just had her first child and was possessed of that slightly terrifying primal authority I’d noticed in so many devout feminists who’d recently become mothers.Privately, I was not entirely convinced.
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