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The death of thought and the mirage of expertise

The death of thought and the mirage of expertise
Richard LeBlanc -
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Humanity’s first and most consequential surrender is not to the drones or surveillance grids of cinematic appeal. Surrender occurs earlier, in the quiet outsourcing of cognition itself. We trade the friction and discomfort of independent thought for the immediate fluency and serenity of algorithmic output....
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BIG Wrap

Zelenskyy’s plane ‘almost hit’ by drone on way to Oslo, says Norwegian PM

(Al Jazeera Media Network) Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store has said a plane carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from Moldova to Oslo was...

Why ship fuel is running low and why it matters

(Al Jazeera Media Network) The shipping industry, already heavily constrained by restrictions on transit through key waterways such as the Strait of Hormuz, faces...

BIG Exclusives

The UN seems to have forgotten what matters to humanity

The UN seems to have forgotten what matters to humanity

Stephen Heins - 0
In 2000, the United Nations set eight millennium development goals (MDGs). They were not poetry. They were a short list of mostly efficient, targeted...
AI ethics in practice: real dilemmas, real decisions

AI ethics in practice: real dilemmas, real decisions

Mark Jennings-Bates - 0
Artificial intelligence has no shortage of ethical principles. Fairness, transparency, accountability, privacy, human oversight and explainability now appear in corporate policies, government frameworks, and...
Terra Carta – the charter that inverts constitutional liberty

Terra Carta – the charter that inverts constitutional liberty

Dr. Joseph Fournier - 0
In June 1215, King John sealed the Magna Carta at Runnymede, establishing the foundational principle that no sovereign power could deprive a free person...
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BIG Chuckle

Pumped-up politicians trade blows in battle of the brains

As a part-time humour writer, I am always looking for ways to tickle readers' funny bones. Sometimes, though, in order to elicit a chuckle, all...

Step aside Donald – I am gunning for the Nobel Peace Prize

With the United States having initiated military conflict with numerous nations in recent months, I think it is safe to say that Donald Trump...
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News media faith in experts continues to lead us astray

Rob Driscoll -
Don't blame Anthony Fauci and other medical officials for all of the lies. Don't blame Al Gore and the other climate alarmists for being wrong...
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From cribbage board to battlefield, AI-generated content is not to be trusted blindly

BIG Media -
Once again today, I find myself defending the work of my editorial team because an armchair quarterback has had an AI chatbot provide analysis...
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The Dunning-Kruger effect – why you are often wrong when it feels so right

Rob Driscoll -
In 2021 and 2022, as a fledgling platform offering an elevated form of news journalism, it was difficult to educate the masses because the...
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