BY PAUL T HORGAN A person mentioning the humorous magazine Punch to most people under the age of 50 will be met with blank stares. Punch closed, barring an abortive resurrection, in 1992, when today’s 50-year-old would have been in their teens, and by that time, Punch‘s mass appeal had long gone as monolithic markets began to break into smaller segments. A decision sometime in the mid-1960s had seen the magazine redesigned … Continue reading Artificial Dishonesty
BY RICHARD TAYLOR For someone with zero classical education, the ideas of the French philosopher Voltaire, such as Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien, can seem rather abstruse. I know a little about Winston Churchill, such as his quote, ‘Perfection is the enemy of progress’. The ideas of both Voltaire and Churchill are relevant in the world of education as it grapples with the impact of artificial … Continue reading How Perfect is the Enemy of Good?
The gambling sector is valued in the billions. The companies have a lot of money at stake. A lot of cash is involved in the business and many transactions happen on a daily basis. They therefore become attractive places for people to carry out fraudulent activities, as they offer anonymity for most transactions. To fight fraud within their establishments, casinos need something that is able … Continue reading AI’s Role in Preventing Fraud in the Casino Industry
BY JOHN DREWRY Billions of people are probably now familiar with the promise ‘You will own nothing, and you will be happy’. When I first heard it, I remember reacting with a mixture of incredulity, indignation and derisory humour. I thought, that is the aspiration of a madman, and is definitely irrational. Even if Herr Schwab helped to manage the dastardly realisation of ensuring we … Continue reading You Vill Be Heppy
BY HAMISH GOBSON The piece planned for today had to be postponed after I made an extraordinary discovery which all literate people in Scotland (or anywhere else for that matter) ought to be warned about urgently. I bought a book from Amazon which turns out to have been written using “Artificial Intelligence technology”. Here is what happened. For reasons connected with the open racism at the … Continue reading Is Humza Yousaf Spouting Artificial Intelligence?
BY DOMINIC WIGHTMAN There are certain draws to the idea of getting bathed, fed and massaged by a robot, as long as it can perform in Jolie and Loren modes. Having an AI maid or butler to feed the dogs, take out the trash, poop-a-scoop and pump up the car tyres – one that doesn’t grunt, require a salary or dare answer back – sounds … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence – Satanic Spawn?
BY PETER HARRIS Part 1 of 2 is available here It is good to save the best till last, and in his analysis, Kissinger does just that. But if his analysis at this point is at its most original, it is also at its most terrifying as it concerns a novel threat that is existential in scope, but which can be understood analogously again through … Continue reading A Response to Henry Kissinger Part II
BY ALEX STORY The recent decision by the British Rowing Association to ban men from competing against women is evidently a victory for old school common sense. How did we get to a situation where something that has been settled since the Garden of Eden has become a subject of doubt? The answer might well be found in metaphysics, which the 13th Century theologian Saint … Continue reading Speciesist Busted
