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AI and the problems of personification
In literary criticism, a commonly used term is ‘personification’, which describes when a writer invests natural phenomena with human qualities. ...
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Readers show ‘defensive and uninformed perspectives’ on circumcision
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Three lessons from Aristotle on friendship
While most love songs are inspired by the joys and heartaches of romantic relationships, love between friends can be just ...
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How democracies survive
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, democracy is the worst form of government — except for every other one we’ve tried. While ...
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The impact and implications of large language models
Large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and Google Bard have attracted a great deal of publicity in recent months ...
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We need to stop treating AI like humans
The artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer Geoffrey Hinton recently resigned from Google, warning of the dangers of the technology “becoming more intelligent ...
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