Tomas Buckley takes a cold hard look at how AI mirrors human flaws and how if we are not careful, it may propagate more systemic oppression. In writing about AI, I am in good company. Just like Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Sam Harris before me, I will try to inform you about something of which I know little. We often mistakenly believe … Continue reading Questioning Artificial Intelligence intelligently
Artificial Intelligence was once a very scary prospect. Long before 1984’s The Terminator and it’s apocalyptic premonitions of “Skynet” going live, researchers and science-fiction writers alike were theorising the potential repercussions of a computer making decisions for itself. Thankfully for us, the reality of AI has turned out to be far more benign (so far), and an argument could be made that the people … Continue reading The Helping Hand of AI
Jeff “Joker” Moreau, voiced by the ever-sarcastic Seth Green, acts as Commander Shepard’s trusty pilot for the entirety of the Mass Effect trilogy. At the beginning of the story, Joker claims he’s the best pilot in the entire Systems Alliance and he proves that time and time again throughout the course of the trilogy, helping Shepard and their crew escape dire situations in space. Unfortunately … Continue reading Joker & EDI: The Greatest Love Story in Gaming?
In one of his novels, the American author Kurt Vonnegut observes that science fiction writers generally know very little about science. While I can’t vouch for the accuracy of that statement, I can tell you that, as someone who researches and teaches science fiction, I know almost nothing about science, beyond what I covered for my Junior Cert. Nevertheless, I enjoy sci-fi, largely because … Continue reading AI seems to reflect and even amplify existing social problems
Don’t look away, we’re just telling you the truth. Conor Daly looks at how our brains are being rewired to act as money-makers for the capitalist machine through social-media. We judge people with little to no information about their life struggles, their childhoods and what has led them to the point when we meet them. The most harshly judged? Addicts. Perhaps it’s a … Continue reading Getting your daily fix: How you’ve been programmed for social media addiction
You’re afraid of AI? Bad news, it’s already here writes Marten Kaas. Good news, it’s not all science fiction type maniacal murdering machines. The philosopher of AI tells Motley what we can do with intelligent machines and what we can expect from our machine overlords. When you mention artificial intelligence, most people invariably imagine glowing red eyes peering out of a mechanical skull. But science … Continue reading The Rise of the Machines
