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The Gift of Language and the Hidden Existential Threat of Artificial Intelligence

Giving AI the ability to read and write is a turning point in the course of its development, going far beyond its ability to see and…

11 min readJul 8, 2023

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The Gift of Language and the Hidden Existential Threat of Artificial Intelligence

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Waleed El-Geresy

Ada: A Short Story for the Age of ChatGPT

6 min readJun 3, 2023

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Ada: A Short Story for the Age of ChatGPT

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Waleed El-Geresy

Ode to Tube

A poem about London Underground, lovingly nicknamed the Tube.

2 min readApr 13, 2022

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Ode to Tube

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Reflection

I look at the sky and see you, staring back at me. Watery eyes and wavering mouth, Everywhere and nowhere. Why aren’t you who I wanted you…

1 min readMay 4, 2021

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Reflection

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The Pavlovian mind: why and when to tame our bias

Bias: can’t live with it, couldn’t survive without it.

7 min readMar 27, 2021

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The Pavlovian mind: why and when to tame our bias

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All the World’s a Stage: Dominic Cummings and the Hypocrisy of Politics

If you’ve been following the UK news recently, you’ll be hard put to have missed the dominating headline: the fall from…

5 min readMay 27, 2020

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All the World’s a Stage: Dominic Cummings and the Hypocrisy of Politics

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Can Money Buy Happiness?

A Sisyphean perspective sheds light on the age-old question of whether money can buy happiness.

8 min readApr 22, 2020

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Can Money Buy Happiness?

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Waleed El-Geresy

Cairo – More than One Wonder

Houses floating on the Nile (Awammas) – Photo courtesy Hanya El-Geresy (Insta @hanyaelgeresy)

5 min readAug 6, 2019

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Cairo – More than One Wonder

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The Undemocratic Rebellion

Reading about Brexit recently I encountered one leave supporter describing the current group of remainers and politicians who are…

4 min readJan 13, 2019

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The Undemocratic Rebellion

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What is opportunity cost? A matter of life and death.

Opportunity cost is simply the cost of producing a good with reference to what you could have instead produced in the meantime. You can…

6 min readDec 17, 2018

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What is opportunity cost? A matter of life and death.

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Waleed El-Geresy

Waleed El-Geresy

A PhD student in London. I enjoy writing about technology, philosophy, science, and politics, as well as some poetry. We know little and I’m always learning.

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