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Philosophy

The impressive thing about AI isn’t whether it thinks – it’s how well it can judge how we think

Aaron Rabinowitz -
Whether acting as a sycophantic friend or a rigorous agnostic, AI can't think for itself – but it can show a sophisticated understanding of us.
History

No lucky guess: James Costa argues Alfred Russel Wallace was Charles Darwin’s intellectual equal

Ted Lefroy -
While common retelling of the story paints Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace as rivals, in truth they were intellectual equals.
Climate Change

Why does the political right still hate electric vehicles and dismiss green energy?

Tim Jokl -
Electric vehicles and clean energy technology are real, current, and effective solutions - so why are the right wing still so opposed?
Technology

The digital crawfish has you in its net: why your AI “Digital Employee” is a career trap

Xu Majun -
If AI speedily performs tasks that once were delegated to interns, junior employees lose the chance to gain vital knowledge and experience.
Climate Change

Green rapture: Sarah Wilson’s best-selling guide to the apocalypse for the worried well

Ted Lefroy -
Sarah Wilson's best-seller 'I Eat The Stars’ posits that societal collapse is inevitable - but her evidence is weak, and her arguments ideological and highly-selective.
Technology

Adult movies were not the reason Betamax really lost the video wars

Mike Hall -
According to a popular myth, Betamax lost out to VHS because of adult content - in reality, it was down to tape length, and licensing.
History

The Nobel Prize-winning scientists who ruined their legacies by staying alive

Tom Williamson -
History is replete with scientists whose brilliance won them a Nobel Prize – only to go on to tarnish their legacy by promoting quackery and pseudoscience.
Technology

AI needs to be regulated to ensure its benefits don’t stay with the mega-rich

Graeme Morledge -
Regulating the Industrial Revolution didn't stifle innovation, it ensured technology served the people – regulating Big Tech and AI can do the same today.
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