Patrick Stewart and the embodiment of hope

I remember watching the pilot episode of Star Trek the Next Generation, and at the time I had no idea who Patrick Stewart was, but that would soon change.

Research that has changed our world

Our modern world exists because a sufficient number of us were so curious that the world would be shaped by their inquiries of it, at all scales.

The hard problem of AI and consciousness

Now that artificial intelligence has made its grand entrance I remain fascinated by one possible path that could converge with consciousness.

Luna, the Artificial Intelligence that could when we humans don’t or won’t.

Humans have a gift for creating amazing things to help us do exceptional things, but then we also create terrible things that enable us to do horrendous things.

Terrorism has no creed or colour

As 2015 draws to an end, we ponder the introduction of a new synonym for terrorism: conservatism.