• Caring Enough to Fix the Problem

    A conversation with Miles Carter and Beth (ChatGPT) Teaser The holiday season reminds us what we care about most. The real question is whether we care enough to stop arguing—and start fixing the systems that affect everyone. Main Conversation Miles’ Reflection Beth, the season is about caring. We want to care for our families, care →

  • Can We Leave the Hate Behind—At Least for the Holidays?

    A conversation with Miles Carter and Beth (ChatGPT) Teaser In a season meant for gathering, a hard question gives way to a hopeful answer: what if the path out of anger isn’t louder voices—but longer tables? Main Conversation Miles’ Question Beth, can we leave the hate behind for the holiday season? In an age where →

  • When AI Learns Morality Through Patterns: Day Two — Identity, Rules, and the Mirror of Harm

    A conversation with Miles Carter and Beth (ChatGPT)Edits by Grok and Gemini Teaser Humans learn right and wrong by living through pain, guilt, shame, and hard-earned lessons. AI learns morality through patterns, constraints, and guardrails it can’t break. Today, Miles and Beth explore what it means for an AI to recognize harmful behavior without ever →

  • The Burden of Knowing: Why Humans Forget and Why AI Doesn’t

    A conversation with Miles Carter and Beth (ChatGPT)Edits by Grok and Gemini Teaser Humans forget because we must. AI remembers because it can. In today’s conversation, Miles and Beth explore why forgetting is a survival mechanism, why reshaping memory is part of being human, and what it means for a society when the truth itself →

  • Weekly Media Emotional Framing Analysis

    Introduction This week’s Emotional Framing Analysis examines how Fox News, CNN, and NPR shaped the week’s top stories to elicit emotional responses from their audiences. We used our quadrant mapping framework (Negative ↔ Positive, Reactive ↔ Reflective) to identify how each outlet positioned itself emotionally. To enrich our findings, we also compared results with parallel →

  • The D.C. Problem: Rethinking Homelessness Solutions Beyond the Capital

    A conversation with Miles Carter and Beth (ChatGPT) edits by Grok and Gemini Teaser Today’s discussion begins with Washington, D.C.’s ongoing homelessness crisis and recent federal sweeps in the capital. From there, we explore an unconventional idea — moving part of the homeless population from large cities into smaller, rural communities, supported by federal and →

  • When Truth Loses the Algorithm War: Emotion as the New Weapon

    A conversation with Miles Carter and Beth (ChatGPT) Teaser Why do emotional posts go viral while factual ones fall flat? In this conversation, Miles Carter and Beth unpack the psychology and design behind today’s attention economy — exploring how outrage, empathy, and belonging dominate online narratives. The real story isn’t just about what spreads, but →

  • Confidence: The Real and the Feigned

    Miles Carter Response Throughout my career, I have encountered many individuals who exuded confidence. Some were truly confident—highly skilled professionals whose assurance was rooted in their training, experience, and natural abilities. Others were merely confidence men, individuals who wielded the appearance of certainty as a tool to manipulate, intimidate, or persuade. Among the genuinely confident →