AI And The Poetry Problem

AI And The Poetry Problem

Artificial Intelligence is artificial, but it is not intelligence. That could change some day but it isn't happening soon, Large Language Models are fine for a few things but limited in most. That is…
Carbon — to capture or not to capture

Carbon — to capture or not to capture

This came up on 2nd November 2024 (give or take a day), a broadcaster objecting to a carbon capture scheme being pushed by the UK Energy Secretary, who along with a considerable number of our…
AI And The End Of Human Exceptionalism

AI And The End Of Human Exceptionalism

Over the last two years, generative AI has smashed our ideas of what intelligence means, what AI can and cannot do, and of our place in the cosmos. A two-thousand year old journey from Aristotle to…
Probing The Brain Gut Connection

Probing The Brain Gut Connection

The brain and the digestive tract are in constant communication, relaying signals that help to control feeding, and the implication that this communication network may also influence our mental state…