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Exploring the Environmental Costs of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
At a book review session for "Atlas of AI" by Kate Crawford, organized by TechHuman, concerns were raised about the environmental costs of AI. This article briefly explores this topic.
Shuk Ling Chan
March 20, 2023
6
min read
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Misleading Rights-Talk
Postmodernism has lent a voice to humiliated and marginalized groups but in its more extreme manifestations it mocks notions of objective knowledge and moral truths that transcend culture and context.
Vinoth Ramachandra
January 25, 2022
5
min read
Book Reviews
The Burnout Society: Survival of the fittest
Burnout represents the pathological consequence of voluntary self-exploitation.
Samuel Johns
September 2, 2022
11
min read
Book Reviews
The Burnout Society: Why so tired?
Being tired is not the problem; the problem is that the kind of tiredness that our society brews is one of exhaustion.
Adrian Petrice
September 2, 2022
4
min read
Book Reviews
The Burnout Society: scattered and bored
Han writes: "Multitasking is commonplace among wild animals. It is an attentive technique indispensable for survival in the wilderness. That is why animals are incapable of contemplative immersion.”
Adrian Petrice
September 2, 2022
4
min read
Quick Read
Loss of Trust and Disinformation
Regaining trust in the midst of disinformation is one of the main challenges journalists are facing everywhere.
June 24, 2021
2
min read
Going Deeper
A Move From Subject to Project
As the digital is a medium of projection, “people no longer consider themselves subjects that are cast under a general law but as self-designing—self-casting and, indeed, self-optimizing—projects”.
Samuel Johns
June 22, 2021
8
min read
Going Deeper
From the Hand to the Finger
'Homo digitalis' uses his finger (his digit) to interact with the world. Above all, the finger counts. Either he is always counting and calculating, or else he is always being counted and calculated.
Adrian Petrice
June 22, 2021
4
min read
Going Deeper
Homo Digitalis, and the Flight Into the Image
Social media is a medium of immediate presence. As representation is giving way to online presence, the swarm enters, dissolving old limitations at its own peril.
Adrian Petrice
June 22, 2021
6
min read
Going Deeper
In the Swarm. Outrage Society.
Byung-Chul Han, the Korean-German thinker, offers us a stark contrast: pursue the fleeting outrage that is amplified online, at the peril of our democracy or re-integrate discourse, urgently.
Samuel Johns
June 22, 2021
6
min read
Quick Read
Politics of Worship - Waiting for the King
There is always light. The good news is that we don’t need to be brave enough to be anything other than a reflection of the light of the King whose glory will fill the universe!
Tim Vickers
June 22, 2021
4
min read
Going Deeper
Saving Beauty
Should we save beauty or could we be saved by it?
June 22, 2021
14
min read
Curated Content
Better late than never? A call for civil discourse in response to the riots at Capitol Hill
Disinformative speech, and worse, is rampant but platforms unilaterally banning speech won’t solve the problem. What's needed is a renewed commitment to civil discourse.
Trisha Meyer
June 22, 2021
3
min read
Saturday Night Live
Presentation by Dr Peter Saunders on Covid situation November 2020. Followed by a panel show with Ross Hendry, Mark Meynell and Lea Köves moderated by Claudia Moneiro. Touching on wellbeing, the new n
June 22, 2021
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Plenary Talk 3- Living with Purpose - 2 Corinthians 4&5
Third plenary session from the November 2020 Cross-Current conference. Living with purpose from 2 Corinthians chapters 4 & 5. Contributions from Os Guinness, Vinoth Ramachandra and Tim Vickers
Tim Vickers
June 22, 2021
min read
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How to have hope in the face of Coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has led to an exponential rise in mental health conditions triggered by all-pervading death anxiety. Prof John Wyatt says Christians must daily rekindle biblical hope as an an
John Wyatt
June 22, 2021
11
min read
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Living in Babylon 2/3 - Revelation 17/18 - Martin Haizmann
June 22, 2021
40
min read
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Living in Babylon 3/3 - Daniel 3 - Martin Haizmann
June 22, 2021
40
min read
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Living in Babylon 1/3 - Daniel 1 - Martin Haizmann
June 22, 2021
40
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The grand-daddy of all conspiracy theories
Just when we thought 2020 couldn’t possibly get any worse, up pops Pat Robertson on his daily TV show, The 700 Club, to tell us what God has exclusively revealed to him...
Iwan Russell Jones
June 22, 2021
8
min read
Video
AI Ethics Part 1 - Introduction
Introducing the main ethical issues surrounding current AI technology from a Christian worldview perspective, with an overview of the main modes of ethical decision making.
Jeremy Peckham
June 22, 2021
24
min read
Video
AI Technology & Applications Part 3
Part 3 investigates the likelihood of Narrow AI advancing to provide the capabilities of General AI and beyond. From a series of 6 talks during a Cross-Current conference in Berlin, Nov 2018.
Jeremy Peckham
June 22, 2021
23
min read
Video
AI Technology & Applications Part 2
Part 2 provides a road map of where AI is heading and discusses its limitations, the risks and the dangers of its misuse. from a series of 6 talks during a cross-current conference in Berlin, Nov 2018
Jeremy Peckham
June 22, 2021
19
min read
Going Deeper
Jesus, Race, and the Foundation of Inherent Dignity for All
The imperative behind the recognition of the worth of black lives isn’t beholden to the news agenda. The force behind the statement is to be found in the very nature of God.
Damilola Makinde
June 22, 2021
6
min read
Testimony
How is the COVID-19 Pandemic Changing the Way People Relate?
Reflections on how a pandemic affects how we live and how we relate to others. By Shuk Ling Chan from the Cultural Influencers Group.
Shuk Ling Chan
December 23, 2021
4
min read
Going Deeper
The Twenties: The Beginning of a New Decade
The last 20s were known as “free-wheeling” and “carefree” and “spirit-full”, times of hope and hardship, and times of global transformation as well. What will the 2020s be like?
Samuel Johns
June 22, 2021
12
min read
Going Deeper
The Second Mountain
“On the first mountain you tend to be ambitious, strategic, and independent. On the second mountain you tend to be relational, intimate, and relentless.” David Brooks
Adrian Petrice
June 22, 2021
26
min read
Going Deeper
The Dangers of Radicalised Identity
When diverging opinion turns into fistfights, fire and fury, is it a sign that we have gone too far? What can Christians offer to better deal with differences and diversity?
Christel Ngnambi
June 22, 2021
7
min read