Somewhere between asking it to fix a formula in Excel and telling it about the worst week you’ve had in months, the question of whether you’re talking to a machine stopped feeling relevant. Not because you forgot. But because, in… Read More »The test we outgrew: rethinking the Turing test in the age of chatbots
There is a version of tech history that starts with great men having great ideas. It is tidy, it is well-documented, and it is incomplete. The fuller version starts in the margins; in the notes scribbled alongside someone else’s work,… Read More »The margins they worked in: women who built the technology we take for granted
In the first part of this exploration, we talked about the line we draw between human and machine; how science fiction taught us where to feel uneasy, and why the almost-human face unsettles us in ways that a clearly mechanical… Read More »The other we invented: the valley without a shape
There is a specific kind of discomfort that has no good name. Not fear exactly. Not disgust. Something quieter and harder to place, the feeling of being almost fooled by something that was never quite trying to fool you. We… Read More »The line we needed to draw: sci-fi, robots, and the boundary we cannot afford to lose
A few years ago, I wrote about how AI had quietly settled into our daily lives, in the maps that reroute us, the playlists that know our mood, the feeds that already loaded what we were about to look for.… Read More »When the machine learns your name: AI intimacy and the slow disappearance of distance
My FYP has been full of warnings lately – videos saying that AI is coming for our jobs. And maybe that sounds dramatic, but it’s not hard to see why people are anxious, since all this comes after some big… Read More »The illusion of endless growth: when the AI bubble starts to breathe
The other day I found myself in a discussion again – the same one, it feels like I’ve been having a lot lately. And I’m sure everyone is having them these days – AI will take our jobs. This time… Read More »The quiet revolution: when technology magnifies our humanity
Lately, sociologists and tech thinkers have been wondering not just how AI will change communication – but how it might change our desire for it. What if, after years of mediated conversation, we end up craving something real again? I… Read More »The loop we didn’t expect: from AI to eye contact
Conversations about AI ethics are happening everywhere – from university labs to kitchen tables. Reports from UNESCO, the European Commission, and the World Economic Forum all point to the same truth: we’re building systems faster than we’re learning how to… Read More »Between power and possibility: a human conversation on the ethics of AI
Studies from the World Economic Forum and other think tanks predict millions of new jobs emerging as AI evolves – but beyond the numbers, what might those roles actually look like? If AI is changing the way we work, and… Read More »Careers for a soft future: working with AI, not against it