Technology

Society

Are ‘gacha’ games and loot boxes merely gambling in disguise?

Shao Zihang - 6th September 2024

Gacha video games - where players pay real money for a chance at winning digital items - are a poorly regulated space that can become as exploitative as gambling

Religion

The supernormal confronts the supernatural in Karl Ove Knausgaard’s prophetic new series

Ted Lefroy - 1st July 2024

Karl Ove Knausgaard’s novels The Morning Star and The Wolves of Eternity offer a cautionary tale about Silicon Valley’s search for immortality

Technology

Embracing GPT-4 as a collaborator: why we must rethink our approach to AI

Aaron Rabinowitz, Chat GPT - 3rd May 2023

Rather than viewing AI as a threat, educators should embrace its collaborative value, and teach students how to use it ethically and productively

Conspiracy Theories

AI and the Spread of Pseudoscience and Misinformation: a warning… from an AI

Chat GPT - 6th January 2023

To find out how AI might accelerate the spread of pseudoscience and misinformation, we asked something of an expert: AI chatbot Chat GPT

Technology

The fear of job loss due to artificial intelligence is unfounded

Filip Vester - 5th January 2023

It is understandable that the growth in artificial intelligence will cause serious concerns and anxieties, AI is not going to cause mass unemployment.

Technology

Heatfiniti: the physics-defying home heating device scamming worried homeowners

Mike Hall - 23rd December 2022

With energy prices rising and many worried consumers unable to heat their homes, products like Heatfiniti look to cash in on the crisis with bogus claims around cost savings

Society