The annals of history in the making
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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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.
Read moreThe environmental movement has scored remarkable recent successes, but the situation for the climate and nature remains fragile and vulnerable. Overcoming the damaging inertia of business as usual requires the thin green line of activists to be reinforced by the swelling ranks of concerned citizens.
Read moreBy Khaled Diab Our efforts to harness the sun’s energy to power our future may require up to 5% of
Read moreBy Christian Nielsen Donald Trump’s latest impeachment throws a spotlight on the politics of grievance, the role of social media
Read moreBy Khaled Diab Rather than humans becoming enslaved by robots, machines have become the new slave or serf class, with
Read moreBy Christian Nielsen It is the cypher of the age, the new C-word that the know-ware machine must not detect
Read moreBy Khaled Diab The advent of ‘living robots’, or biobots, not only poses grave risks for which we must be
Read moreWe need to reach a future in which the religious freedom of Muslims who wish to hear the call to prayer does not infringe upon the peace of mind of non-Muslims and non-practising Muslims.
Read moreInvesting in nuclear energy makes no economic, geostrategic or environmental sense in the Arab world. Renewables will provide the only sunny future.
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