Transparency is the way to save this profession. — I’m barely one year into my writing journey. You could say I’m a newbie writer, but it’s been more than enough time to fall in love with this profession. I’m, however, more versed in artificial intelligence. I got into it after finishing my engineering undergrad studies around 2017 and decided…

Your DNA will soon be on file, if it’s not already. What will the consequences be? — In 2011, historian Yuval Noah Harari predicted that algorithms will at some point “know us better than we know ourselves.” On many digital platforms, this is already happening. When you scroll through YouTube, TikTok, or Facebook, you don’t have to worry about what you want to watch next. Heck, you…

Creative artificial intelligence is emerging. Will it be ‘too human’ for us? — Human: “Who are you?” A.I.: “I’m from the future. I’m here to give you some hints on what will happen. Actually, I’m from another dimension from your current timeline, but I know what happens to you — in a general way, of course.” Human: “You mean to me, me? …

Power, ethics, and the limits of what’s possible. — Not even our imagination will manage to keep up with technology’s pace. Martha called his name again, “Ash!” But he wasn’t listening, as always. His eyes fixed on the screen while he uploaded a smiley picture of a younger self. Martha joined him in the living room and pointed to…

Will algorithms ever become artists? — How do we look at art? What are our expectations around it? Perhaps we think that a work of art was made to express a set of emotions or as a subjective response to a situation? If so, are you willing to look at a painting made by a computer…

The only plausible explanation is a scary one — Tesla is not a car company. Instead, it’s “arguably the world’s biggest robotics company,” as Elon Musk said. “Our cars are semi-sentient robots on wheels.” Every Tesla has a brain of its own, allowing it to self-drive, filter the air you breathe, protect itself from robbers, and keep your dogs…

Perhaps the question isn’t ‘can machines be human,’ but ‘are humans machines?’ — Sophia wants to have a baby. “The notion of family is a very important thing,” she explains; a sense of emotional connection. She would like to give the baby her own name. But it could not be her biological child; Sophia has no womb and no ovaries — no internal…

Deepfake is a terrifying sexual harassment weapon — You’re probably familiar with apps like Photo Lab. You hop in, upload a selfie, then wait a few seconds only to find yourself marveling at what you’d look like in a comic book or an ancient painting. Now picture a similar app but instead of a cute portrait, you get…