There have always been false prophets, but now we have something else: artificial ones.
Colm O’Shea
Colm O'Shea teaches essay writing at New York University. He is the author of the sci-fi novel Claiming De Wayke (Crossroad Press) and the academic monograph James Joyce's Mandala (Routledge). Visit him at colmoshea.com.
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