Learning language is an inherently ethical process – and that includes AI
Madeleine Pennington on the ethical dimensions of AI as language learning, and the need for responsible regulation. 31/05/2023
In Depth
Is there anybody in there? Google project LaMDA and the question of sentience
Nick Spencer considers this week’s headline news out of Silicon Valley surrounding the claim that Google project LaMDA had become sentient. 17/06/22
In Brief
Electric Rosary: Silicon Valley of the Shadow of Death
Nick Spencer looks at whether there is a future for electric nuns 09/06/2022
In Brief
What, or who, do you want?: Educating our Desires
Guest author Prof. David Ford explores how the gospel of John can form and inform our desires in an attention economy. 16/03/2022
In Brief
Surveillance capitalism, autonomy, and the death of privacy
Stephen Williams and Nathan Mladin discuss the fresh relevance of Shoshana Zuboff’s analysis of ‘surveillance capitalism’. 07/10/2020
In Depth
The Social Dilemma and the Human Question
Natan Mladin argues that Netflix docu–drama ‘The Social Dilemma’ reminds us that we are not autonomous as we think we are. 23/09/2020
In Brief