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A rainbow shines over the fountain rocks, Harvard Science Center. (Photo by Lauret Savoy, May 2025)

I used to be able to pinpoint the cause of my insomnia— disruption and stress from the latest Trump-related atrocity. But last week, I woke up at 4:30a.m. with another prick of worry: generative AI, artificial general intelligence, or whatever we’re supp...