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

Interview with a bot: Is AI risky for humanity?

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.

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Khaled Diab June 25, 2022August 18, 2022 0 Comments algorithm, artificial intelligence, automation, bot, brain, computer, google, intelligence, knowledge, lamda, language, robots, social media, software, technology

Do AIs dream of electronic death?

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.

Automation: On the high-tech path to destruction

Rather than humans becoming enslaved by robots, machines have become the new slave or serf class, with devastating consequences for society and the environment. We desperately need a more humane and sustainable approach to automation.

Living robots and the meaning of life

The advent of ‘living robots’, or biobots, not only poses grave risks for which we must be prepared but also raises profound questions about the future and what it means to be human.

Just one of those unlucky lucky days

By Christian Nielsen Unlucky days can sometimes turn out to be a different kind of lucky… the tortuous variety. Thursday

What happens when science fiction crosses into science fact?

Cloaking devices are the stuff of magic realms and deep-space exploration, not real life. Think again! Making photonic chips invisible to one another could pave the way to computing at the speed of light.

iPhony reality: How toddlers make modern tech look like child’s play

We’re entering a world of augmented reality (AR) which might sound scary to rational-thinking grown-ups but perfectly natural to iPhone-savvy toddlers.