Power grab: the hidden costs of Ireland’s datacentre boom
The long read: Datacentres are part of Ireland’s vision of itself as a tech hub. There are now more than 80, using vast amounts of electricity. Have we entrusted our memories to a system that might destroy them?
Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash Over the past year or so, a narrative that AI will inevitably transform education has become widespread. You can find it in the pronouncements of investors, tech ind…
GenAI and the Forced Evolution of Photography: From Artifice to Authenticity
The rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence has been nothing short of revolutionary, impacting every domain from finance to the arts. In the world of
Ok, this is super freaky: this is a regular analog piano being played by a computer-controlled mechanical machine and it sounds like a person speaking. If you hadn’t seen this before, (it’s from 2009) take a listen:
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What a yarn! Journalists are turning to crochet to tell data stories
"I’m really interested in these beautiful, touchable representations of data that use texture to encode information in a way that our screens cannot reproduce."
Alan Turing introduced his 1950 paper on Computing Machinery and Intelligence with the question “Can machines think?” But rather than engaging in what he regarded as never-ending subjective debate about definitions of intelligence, he instead proposed a ...
The New Artificial Intelligentsia | Los Angeles Review of Books
In the fifth essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Ruha Benjamin explores how AI evangelists wrap their self-interest in a cloak of humanistic concern.
Close Reading OpenAI's training module for educators
If you’re taking a free online training, it's helpful to understand who wrote that lesson plan and why. ChatGPT Foundations for Educators is a course created by the non-profit Common Sense Media, in partnership with AI behemoth OpenAI.
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