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.
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The thin green line
By Khaled Diab The environmental movement has scored remarkable recent successes, but the situation for the climate and nature remains
Read moreOvercoming the hidden environmental costs of solar energy
By Khaled Diab Our efforts to harness the sun’s energy to power our future may require up to 5% of
Read moreThe heroes fighting online hate speech
By Christian Nielsen Donald Trump’s latest impeachment throws a spotlight on the politics of grievance, the role of social media
Read moreOn the high-tech path to destruction
By Khaled Diab Rather than humans becoming enslaved by robots, machines have become the new slave or serf class, with
Read moreLost in ‘know-ware’ land
By Christian Nielsen It is the cypher of the age, the new C-word that the know-ware machine must not detect
Read moreLiving robots and the meaning of life
By Khaled Diab The advent of ‘living robots’, or biobots, not only poses grave risks for which we must be
Read moreThe sound of religious discord
We 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 moreThe folly of the Arab world’s nuclear enery dream
Investing in nuclear energy makes no economic, geostrategic or environmental sense in the Arab world. Renewables will provide the only sunny future.
Read moreSmashing the Arab world’s glass ceiling
Arab women are not waiting for others to empower them, they are doing it for themselves. Over 40 are on the list of the most influential young Arabs.
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