Years ago, Jeff Bezos started an interesting practice at Amazon. Before meeting to discuss a new product or idea, Bezos would arrange for an executive to write a narratively structured six-page memo.

Elon Musk and some 1,800 other artificial intelligence experts may have signed a letter calling for a pause in A.I. research to develop better safeguards. But pause or no pause, it’s clear that A.I.

This story was originally published on Jan. 4, 2023, and has been updated to include a rerun of the podcast episode. When I looked at my to-do list recently, I noticed that it was kind of all over the ...