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It’s starting to feel like artificial intelligence can actually understand us. Maybe we aren’t as complicated as we thought. And Naomi Fry tells us why Ryan Murphy’s “pretty damn bad” new legal drama might be worth a watch. Plus:

Atul Gawande on the fatal consequences of shutting down U.S.A.I.D.

The director highlighting Norway’s melancholy beauty

Florence Welch learns how to scream

How convincing does the illusion of understanding have to be before you stop calling it an illusion? Illustration by Zach Lieberman

James Somers

A writer and a computer programmer

When large language models (L.L.M.s) such as Ch

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