LAURA WAGNER
WAGNER: The Uncanny Chat

The film “Twilight: Breaking Dawn — Part 2” had one element that was freakishly creepy — and it had nothing to do with vampires, werewolves or death. It was, in fact, a newborn baby. 

April 26, 2024

LAURA WAGNER
WAGNER: Do We Want Virtual Reality? Really?

If you could predetermine your experiences while floating in a tank with your brain plugged into electrodes, would you?

February 19, 2024

LAURA WAGNER
WAGNER: Distributional Requirements — Friend, not Foe

As Yale students brace themselves for yet another beloved period of class registration, the unavoidable topic of fulfilling distributional requirements returns. Sophomores who haven’t already […]

December 5, 2023

LAURA WAGNER
Wagner: OpenAI and SAG-AFTRA pose important questions about AI regulation

If you read the news, you’ve been exposed to the name Sam Altman at least a couple of times during the past week. In the […]

November 28, 2023

LAURA WAGNER
WAGNER: Never forget to never forget

An explicit act of remembrance occurred at Yale on Thursday, Sept. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Sami Steigmann, Holocaust survivor and a victim of Nazi medical […]

September 28, 2023