FWIW, I think they pick the most influential person or persons, not the person I think is the best from the year. Hitler was person of the year and so was Trump.

TIL AI is a person.

In defense of Time magazine here they did have Hitler as person of the year once. Its just the most influential person/thing not the "best".

That magazine was already irrelevant since a decade ago, I've never taken their person of the year thing serious

AI is definitelly the "Thing of the Year" in terms of its impact.

Doesn't mean it's a good thing though, just high impact (and impact which is going to be even higher when the bubble collapses dragging the rest of the American Economy with it).

ITT: people taking a fake award both at face value and way too seriously.

It's Time ended long ago.

Worst choice since 2006.

wonder if mortgage lenders were person of the year in 2007

Hell of a way to announce you don’t understand the concept of Time Person of the Year

Cover looks like slop.

Its not a good person contest. It's people who have been prominent.

it. never. was.

Is this real? This can't be real. Is it?...

OP tell us who you would put up there instead and why

Everyone here is complaining that AI isn't a person and bringing up 2006... Nobody seems to remember 1982's person of the year.

I stopped considering it legitimate when they claimed that I was person of the year in 2006. I didn't even do anything besides post on myspace, leave youtube comments, drank vodka, and slept around.

What? It was my early 20s.....if you don't wake up five different times, in five different womens beds, where you have no clue who they are, where you are, or where your kidneys are....then you're not doing your early 20s right!

Now.....early 40s? I drink a lot of water. Did you know you should be drinking more water? Because you should be drinking more water.