Jon Christian

Jon Christian

Executive Editor

About

I'm responsible for editing, assigning, and scouting at Futurism, as well as occasionally writing for the site. That work involves keeping an eye on a wide range of narratives and issues, but over the past few years I've become increasingly interested in how AI is shaping the future of media, the web, and information itself.

My day-to-day often involves collaborating on reporting and commentary projects bylined by my colleagues, but I try to find time to do my own reporting as well; stories I've broken for Futurism have been cited by publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Wired, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, Bloomberg, and more.

I grew up in Southern Vermont and attended Vanderbilt University. Prior to Futurism, I contributed to outlets including the Boston Globe, Vice, Wired, Slate, the Atlantic, the Outline, Ars Technica and more, and did stints in farming and food service. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York, and in my free time I enjoy pinball, word games, cycling, running, and music production.

Education

Vanderbilt University

Notable Works

Latest Stories

Mars Bars
Aug 30, 6:00 AM EDT on futurism
Why the New York Times Claimed Life Had Been Found on Mars
Settlers of Anthr...
Aug 27, 9:15 PM EDT on futurism
Huge Number of Authors Stand to Get Paid After Anthropic Agrees to Settle Potentially $1 Trillion Lawsuit
Staff Defection
Aug 27, 1:06 PM EDT on futurism
The AI Researchers That Mark Zuckerberg Lured to Work for Him With Huge Payments Are Already Quitting for Mysterious Reasons
Mother Explode
Aug 26, 4:46 PM EDT on futurism
SpaceX Suddenly Seems Pretty Terrified to Launch Starship After Long String of Super Expensive Explosions
Musked Up
Aug 26, 2:05 PM EDT on futurism
Epstein's Top Child Trafficker Says She Partied With Elon Musk in the Caribbean
Suit Up
Jan 25, 2:07 PM EST on futurism
A Mother Says an AI Startup's Chatbot Drove Her Son to Suicide. Its Response: the First Amendment Protects "Speech Allegedly Resulting in Suicide"
Line Goes Up
Jan 19, 10:35 PM EST on the byte
The Vast Majority of Trump's Net Worth Is Now in His Meme Coin
Coin of the Realm
Jan 18, 11:27 AM EST on the byte
Trump Launches Meme Coin, Just Like Hawk Tuah Girl, Days Before Inauguration
Fractured Family
7.25.24, 10:01 PM EDT on futurism
Elon Musk's Transgender Daughter Says He's Treated Her With Unbelievable Cruelty
Pore Core
6.26.24, 9:01 AM EDT on the byte
Scientists Attached Living, Lab-Grown Skin to a Robot's Face and It Looks Like It Craves the Sweet Release of Death
Robot Rampage
6.25.24, 2:00 PM EDT on futurism
The CEO of Anthropic Has a Framed Picture of a Giant Robot Destroying a City on His Wall
Book of John
6.24.24, 5:30 PM EDT on the byte
John Scalzi Discovers That One of His Book Covers Was Created Using AI