Can humanity address climate change without believing it? Medical history suggests it is possible
Strange as it may seem, early germ theorists could tell us a lot about today’s attitudes toward climate change.…
The Philosophical Misdiagnosis of AI by Yuval Noah Harari
To engage constructively with AI, we must shift the discourse from a simplistic dichotomy of AI as either savior or destructor to a more complex examination of how it amplifies, extends, or…
Sam Altman and OpenAI’s board of directors: the fall and return of a charismatic leader
On Saturday, the news broke: Sam Altman, until then CEO of OpenAI, had been fired by the board of directors of his company…
Physics has long failed to explain life – but we’re testing a groundbreaking new theory in the lab
Modern physics can explain everything from the spin of the tiniest particle to the behaviour of entire galaxy clusters. But it can’t explain life.…
OpenAI creates a new classifier to detect AI written text
OpenAI has created a new classifier to detect text written with Artificial Intelligence (AI), the company said on its website Tuesday, where the service can also be accessed free of charge…
AI and the future of work
although large language models certainly portend disruption for creative and knowledge workers, there are still many valuable opportunities in the offing for those willing to adapt to and integrate these powerful new…
Nuclear fusion may still be decades away, but the latest breakthrough could speed up its development
Nuclear fusion holds huge promise as a source of clean, abundant energy that could power the world…
As Musk takes control are we heading to an ‘everything app’ or the break-up of academic Twitter?
After much speculation, Twitter has been acquired by Elon Musk. In this post, Mark Carrigan asks, if now is the time to rethink academic twitter by separating out the knowledge exchange and…
The great convergence – Does increasing standardisation of journal articles limit intellectual creativity?
Drawing on a recent survey of forty years of research papers in the field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) and interviews, the authors observe an increasing homogenisation of published work. Weighing…
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission to the Moon sets the stage for routine space exploration beyond Earth’s orbit
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission is poised to take a key step toward returning humans to the Moon after a half-century hiatus. The mission, scheduled to launch on Monday, Aug. 29, 2022, is…