Up until around three weeks ago, I associated the name ‘Humboldt’ with three things. The first was a penguin found in South America. The second…
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Up until around three weeks ago, I associated the name ‘Humboldt’ with three things. The first was a penguin found in South America. The second…
The Last Wild by Piers Torday is a gripping eco-fiction children’s adventure novel. This brilliantly told story is set in a world ravaged by ‘red-eye’,…
Modern humans emerged around 300,000 years ago. For 300,000 years, our species has managed to survive without artificial intelligence (AI), so one could make a…
Context At COP21, which was held in Paris in 2015, countries agreed to ideally try and limit warming to 1.5C above preindustrial levels, and no…
The COP28 conference has just concluded in Dubai, after nearly two weeks (30th November – 12th December). Hopes were low going into the summit given…
Where the World Turns Wild is a powerful eco-fiction novel by Nicola Penfold. The story feels fresh despite its dystopian setting, and gives the reader…
Ayn Rand’s work has been credited with influencing the growth of neoliberalism around the world. Neoliberalism is an extreme form of capitalism, which is largely…
The Creator is a sci-fi film about a war between AI robots and humans, covering many topical AI issues. It’s important to note that this…
Sometimes a book is so full of love and warmth that it wraps itself around your heart and never lets go. That’s exactly what Hannah…
Humanity has a habit of making catastrophic mistakes and then scrambling to limit the damage. We are actively following the same course with artificial intelligence…