For the April 13, 2026, Future Issue cover of The New Yorker, artist Christoph Niemann expressed the social impacts of artificial intelligence and technological developments in an artistic language. In Niemann’s work, one of the machines filling the horizon holds a person happily reaching out to a screen. The artist notes that artificial intelligence is often perceived as a tool for investors to make money and a reason for workers to be laid off. Niemann stated that this perception reflects the common pessimistic view of artificial intelligence. The work questions the place of technology in human life while also revealing the complex emotions brought by these developments.