Humanity

Skynet (from the Terminator film series) is real. — If you are a sucker for sci-fi movies, you might remember the basic plot of James Cameron’s Terminator movies if you have watched them. The Terminator’s story revolves around a dystopian future where advanced artificial intelligence systems, known as Skynet, become self-aware and initiate a global war against humanity. Well…

God, science, atheism. This is what humans debate constantly, wherever you go. Yet the real visible force eludes them. They trample over her. Take her for granted. She gives us all that we are and have, and then takes it all away. While we ignore her we create more malleable…

I sprinted as fast as possible, given such a short available distance. Then I leapt. As high and as far as my body could muster. I literally ‘threw myself into it.’ Across a crevice. Mid-flight, I realised I wasn’t going to make it. I could see my feet were going…

Inventing Stories — I squeezed in between two men on the Metro. One scooted over to make room, the second crossed his arms and held his ground, making it clear that he didn’t intend to share the half of my intended seat that he was occupying. The train was crowded. Tourist season has…

Overcoming Our Anthropomorphic Fears About Artificial Intelligence — When asked about the possibility that human beings might one day be visited by an advanced alien civilization, astrophysicist Stephen Hawking once famously replied that “the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn’t turn out well for the Native Americans.” And though the search for…

Scrolling on the web or social media sites these days I get a lot of recommendations of courses for using AI tools, how to master the most advanced tools of virtual assistance. The way these advertisements copies are written is what caught my attention, So the ad mentions like 24*7…

We’re splitting apart at the seams — Last week I broke one of my favorite vases. I’ve had it for a long time. In fact, the piece was a gift from a close friend. The vase had been hand-made from natural materials, sculpted by a skilled artisan and incorporating a fluted edge design and vibrant color scheme that always caught my eye. Displayed on a bookshelf…

It’s one solution already showing monumental benefits, so of course, it’s being plagued by conspiracy theories. — We’re living through a pretty incredible period with a unique combination of events occurring simultaneously — global warming, a global pandemic, political instability, and rapidly advancing technology — forcing us to make drastic changes to, well, everything… or else. …

Some days, I don’t feel like much of a human at all. Those days when I’m struck by a difficult event or meaningful moment, and I feel almost nothing. A stir, perhaps, of some emotional uptake that rises in a pitifully triumphant way before it ends up sputtering and dying…