About
About AI Affairs
What this publication is for, who it is for, and how it works.
AI Affairs is a quarterly review of artificial intelligence and the questions it forces — governance, economics, work, science, art, identity. We exist for readers who use AI every day and want intelligent company in thinking about what it is doing.
We assume the reader. We do not explain what an LLM is. We do not cover model releases as news. We do not run benchmark coverage, prompt lists, or product walkthroughs. We do not chase the news cycle. We publish work designed to be worth reading in five years.
What we publish
Five formats. Essays — long-form analytical and cultural criticism, weekly. Reviews — books, papers, products, films, exhibitions, twice monthly. Profiles — interviews and longer-form portraits of practitioners doing work that matters, monthly. Dispatches — field reports from conferences, labs, exhibitions, hearings, and communities, when the calendar warrants. Quarterly Issues — themed gatherings of four to six commissioned pieces, four times a year.
How to read
Free readers receive the weekly essay, biweekly review, monthly profile, all dispatches, and public previews of each quarterly issue. Paid subscribers receive everything above plus The Notes — shorter, more conversational pieces published two to four times a week, full archive access, and members-only discussions of each quarterly issue.
Sister publication
AI Affairs has a sister publication, The Critical Infrastructure Review — same operator, adjacent beat. Where AI Affairs is analytical, CIR is advocacy; where AI Affairs ranges across culture, work, and meaning, CIR focuses on infrastructure, energy, and compute capacity. Both publications cross-link in the footer.
Get in touch
- Editorial: editor@aiaffairs.org
- Press: press@aiaffairs.org
- Submissions: submissions@aiaffairs.org
- Subscriptions: subscriptions@aiaffairs.org