Khaled Diab - The Chronikler

Elon Musk carries a kitchen sink into Twitter HQ

Billionaires and the overpowering musk of feudalism

February 26, 2023February 26, 2023 Khaled Diab 0 Comments automation, billionaires, elon musk, feudalism, globalisation, inequality, neo-feudalism

Elon Musk’s running of Twitter as though it were his personal fiefdom and his cavalier attitude towards its staff are glaring sign of the world’s drift towards a 21st-century form of feudalism.

Economy Ethics Future Technology

Interview with a bot: Is AI risky for humanity?

December 7, 2022February 4, 2023 Khaled Diab 1 Comment artificial intelligence, automation, billionaires, computer, economic inequality, economy, employment, inequality, robots, science, technology

Concerned about the future ramifications of artificial intelligence, Khaled Diab decided to ask ChatGPT some difficult questions about the risks AI poses and how to avert these dangers and make the most of the technology. The bot’s answers were smart but unsettling.

Fashion Religion UK Uncategorized

The queen, the princess and the prophet

October 27, 2022October 28, 2022 Khaled Diab 0 Comments abbasid, africa, ancestry, andalusia, arab, britain, charlemagne, christianity, colonialism, constantinople, democracy, england, eu, harun al-rashid, india, inferiority complex, iran, iraq, islam, middle east, multiculturalism, pakistan, partition, racism, religion, saudi arabia, spain, uk

Although it is improbable that Elizabeth II is a descendant of Muhammad, one of the British queen’s ancestors was likely a refugee Muslim princess. However, the enduring popularity of this theory speaks some harsh truths about post-colonial reality and sheds light on the intertwined history of Islam and Christendom.

Culture History Literature Religion

The misinterpretation of Salman Rushdie and The Satanic Verses

September 30, 2022October 21, 2022 Khaled Diab 0 Comments atheism, edward said, fatwa, freedom of expression, india, islam, khomeini, multiculturalism, racism, satanic verses, uk, usa

Decades after the release of The Satanic Verses and the calls for his death which followed it, Salman Rushdie remains one of the most wildly and widely misunderstood contemporary writers in the English language.

Culture History Religion

When a Christian king and a Muslim caliph united against their common foes

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 Khaled Diab 0 Comments abbasid, abu nuwas, andalusia, apostasy, caliphate, charlemagne, christendom, christianity, constantinople, crusade, Egypt, eu, europe, european commission, harun al-rashid, infidel, irene of athens, islam, middle east, muslims, saddam hussein, slaves, umayyad

Despite the official holy war between Islam and Christendom, Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid and Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne exchanged lavish

Technology

Do AIs dream of electronic death?

June 25, 2022August 18, 2022 Khaled Diab 1 Comment algorithm, artificial intelligence, automation, bot, brain, computer, google, intelligence, knowledge, lamda, language, robots, social media, software, technology

When a chatbot expresses a sense of spirituality and a fear of being switched off, does that make it sentient? This is the wrong question to be asking about artificial intelligence.

Culture Fashion

Cultural adornments: How clothes fashion identity and mask bigotry

April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 Khaled Diab 0 Comments afghanistan, africa, arab world, beard, Belgium, burkini, clothes, culture, Egypt, europe, fashion, gender, hijab, history, horse, hymen, identity, indonesia, islam, men, middle east, military, misogyny, muhammad, oktoberfest, ottoman, ottoman empire, palestinian nationalism, palestinians, plo, prejudice, salafi, tradition, tunisia, veil, west, women

By Khaled Diab The clothes we wear speak volumes about our individual and collective identities. However, the history of fashion

Climate Environment Ukraine Uncategorized War

World peace is no naïve or utopian cliché. It’s the only way to save humanity from itself

March 19, 2022February 4, 2023 Khaled Diab 0 Comments afghanistan, america, beauty pageant, civil war, conflict, conventional weapons, disarmament, environment, eu, european union, george w bush, north korea, nuclear weapons, russia, security council, Ukraine, united states, vladimir putin, World War II, world war iii

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the major power tension it has created, has sparked fears of a wider conflict. While World War III is unlikely, World Annihilation War I only requires a misstep or miscalculation by one nuclear-armed man or another. That’s why we urgently need nuclear disarmament and world peace.

Climate Environment

Masking inaction: Why corporations greenwash

March 9, 2022February 3, 2023 Khaled Diab 0 Comments carbon neutral, economy, ecosystem, environment, eu, europe, facebook, google, iphone, net zero, renewable energy

The corporate ecosystem is rooted in profit maximisation and the unrelenting quest for perpetual growth, which provides a powerful incentive for greenwashing. This is not good news for our natural ecosystems.

Belgium Sexuality

Gay old times

September 22, 2008January 15, 2023 Khaled Diab 0 Comments age, Belgium, eu, gay, gay marriage, homosexual, sexual orientation

Belgium is due to open its first retirement home for gay people, but is segregation the answer to homophobia?

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I remember a simpler time when spamming someone involved slapping them on the forehead.

18:40 · March 27, 2023

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

@TracyQuanNYC Good initiative. It's similar to traditional practice in some Muslim societies. In Egypt, for example, there are so-called Tables of the Merciful where the poor or any passerby can break their fast free of charge.

16:55 · March 27, 2023

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

Plot twist. Academics who wrote paper about how Artificial Intelligence is making plagiarism harder to detect... used AI to write the paper. Reviewers did not spot the hand of AI, thereby proving the researchers' point. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence theguardian.com/technology/20…

07:03 · March 27, 2023

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

Homosexuality is incomparably more common in the animal world than prayer is, yet you don't hear bigots and fanatics demanding the banning of prayer because it's "unnatural".

19:46 · March 24, 2023

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20 years later, I remember every detail. The fear, hope, anxiety, the tears, laughs, and trauma. The invasion of Iraq defined me and shaped my life. The survivor’s guilt still taunts me. For @newlinesmag newlinesmag.com/first-person/…

16:56 · March 24, 2023 ·

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As a species, we are empathetic enough to anthropomorphise human characteristics on to non-human machines and conceited enough to hold the anthropocentric belief that there will always be something essentially human that can't be replicated or surpassed by a machine.

16:37 · March 24, 2023

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

London's mayor, Sadiq Khan, switched on the city's first-ever #Ramadan light display on Piccadilly Circus, and the reaction from rightwing trolls was all too predictable. No, this is not an omen of Londonistan but a sign of vibrant multiculturalism chronikler.com/travel/londoni… twitter.com/SadiqKhan/stat…

08:25 · March 24, 2023

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

Ramadan is meant to be about self-discipline and stamina, yet some individuals and societies feel they must force people who aren't fasting to not eat or drink in public If your will is so weak that you can't stand someone else eating or drinking, maybe you shouldn't be fasting

18:00 · March 23, 2023

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

Why this event should rile conservatives so much is literally beyond belief. Faith is, after all, a private matter. Nobody has the right to appoint themselves gatekeepers to a religion. In a secular society, nobody has the right to force their beliefs and prejudices onto others.

08:23 · March 23, 2023

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

As if #Ramadan isn't lonely enough for LGBTQ Muslims, a queer iftar in Antwerp where they could get together and break bread has been cancelled because the organisers could not guarantee a safe space after multiple threats. Solidarity with queer Muslims everywhere. #Ramadan2023

07:37 · March 23, 2023

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Billionaires and the overpowering musk of feudalism

Interview with a bot: Is AI risky for humanity?

The queen, the princess and the prophet

The misinterpretation of Salman Rushdie and The Satanic Verses

When a Christian king and a Muslim caliph united against their common foes

Cultural adornments: How clothes fashion identity and mask bigotry

World peace is no naïve or utopian cliché. It’s the only way to save humanity from itself

Masking inaction: Why corporations greenwash

Gay old times

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