We used to talk about the risks of A.I. a lot more. On a recent episode of “The Opinions,” the @nytopinion writer David Wallace-Wells speaks with the Yale law professor and economist Natasha Sarin about how A.I. safety could bring China and the U.S. together. “China is an authoritarian government who must also be concerned about the idea of technology developing capacities that it's not able to control,” Natasha says. In that sense, she sees a hopeful possibility: that both countries could find motivation to come together to confront the existential risks A.I. presents. | 📷 Kristen Williamson #theopinions #nytopinion

“Americans vote for boyfriends, not candidates,” says Michelle Cottle, an @nytopinion writer. On “The Opinions,” Jamelle Bouie and Michael Duffy join her to discuss how political performance has always been part of politics — going all the way back to Abraham Lincoln’s 6-foot-4 stature. But Democrats, @jamellebouie argues, seem to have forgotten just how important that performance can be. | 📷 Brandon Belk-Yee #theopinions #nytopinion

Influencers on social media are sharing content that claims to help followers self-diagnose complex medical conditions ranging from A.D.H.D. to autism. And the data reveals that the effect of self-diagnosis is far-reaching. But what happens when large portions of the population believe they have a condition that medical data doesn’t back up? On “The Opinions,” the culture editor Nadja Spiegelman speaks with the columnist and sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom and the author Mary H.K. Choi — who has written about her own A.D.H.D. and autism — about the phenomenon of self diagnosis, the need for people to label themselves and whether such labels can help or limit us. | 🎥 Kristen Williamson #theopinions #nytopinion