Technology

Technology

Has Elon Musk invented a magic device to reduce your electricity bill? (No)

Michael Marshall -
Websites promising an end to high energy costs, thanks to a miracle device developed by Elon Musk, draw people into a scam that's too good to be true
Technology

There are serious ethical implications to sexualising AI chatbots

Aaron Rabinowitz -
As AI becomes more complex, more and more people are reporting romantic – and even sexual – relationships with chatbots
Politics

Peter Thiel’s Antichrist: when apocalyptic myths meet Silicon Valley

Gabriel Andrade -
Influential Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel has been increasingly talking about the Antichrist, but is he just being metaphorical?
Technology

Evaluating the ethics of AI requires seeing through the never-ending hype

Aaron Rabinowitz -
As AI becomes ubiquitous, the ethical implications of its use become ever-clearer – can skeptics use AI ethically in good conscience?
Society

AI isn’t killing literature – it isn’t even close to replacing professional writers

James Machell -
While there were fears about a slop deluge flooding literature magazines, the truth is that AI lacks the inventiveness to rise above talented writers
Moral Panics

The Online Safety Act doesn’t make our children any safer

Mike Hall -
The Online Safety Act may be well-intentioned, but it is a fundamentally flawed attempt to legislate away a complex social issue.
Politics

AI authoritarianism? We should be wary of outsourcing our thinking to the machine

Abigail Kennedy -
If we outsource our decision making to AI, we unwittingly train ourselves to accept its natural bias towards the status quo, and conservatism
Health

Humans long to cheat death, but is there any validity to life extension technology?

Thiago Vahia Malliagros -
Billionaire Bryan Johnson is the latest figure to hit the headlines in his attempts to defy ageing, but is there anything to life extension technologies?
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