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

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
Wife Guy
5.23.24, 4:55 PM EDT on the byte
Elon Musk Reportedly Took Ketamine and Had Sex With the Wife of the Cofounder of Google
Mr. Musk
5.21.24, 8:57 PM EDT on futurism
This Pedantic Elon Musk Tweet Perfectly Illustrates Why Nobody Can Stand Him Anymore
Altman Down
5.21.24, 4:06 PM EDT on futurism
Sam Altman Ignoring Scarlett Johansson's Lack of Consent Shows Us Exactly What Type of Person He Really Is
Mea Culpa
5.19.24, 12:51 PM EDT on the byte
Sam Altman Clearly Freaked Out by Reaction to News of OpenAI Silencing Former Employees
Pink Slip
5.19.24, 11:58 AM EDT on the byte
Tesla's Firing Even More Employees as Crisis Deepens