Whilst the UK Parliament is focused on banning phones from schools for under-16s, a far more urgent dimension of digital safeguarding is being neglected and misunderstood: AI-generated sexual abuse material. In late December 2025 and early 2026, a pivotal moment in the fight against online sexual abuse emerged, not through a legislative breakthrough, but through… Continue reading The uncontrolled proliferation of AI-generated sexual abuse material — why regulatory promises fail victims
Social media consumes us all. Connecting feels easier than ever, with everyone being accessible at the tap of a button. However, its effects on consumers are undeniable; it commodifies social interaction, rewires our brains and ultimately disconnects its users from their loved ones. In an age of ai-dominated, algorithmic content, the concept of effortless interaction… Continue reading Social media — an artificial connection to the world
“At a time when man was still at the initial stages of his civilisation and his thought had not yet consciously come to serve objective truth, the resort to myth was the only way to supply an answer to the questions which exercised him.” — M. Stavropoulou Hermes was a god in Ancient Greek mythology… Continue reading A prophet of discourse — what would Hermes make of digital communication?
At the turn of the new millennium, the world held its breath in fear of the Y2K bug. Would a computer be able to differentiate the year 2000 from 1900? Twenty-five years on, technology has become more advanced, smaller and more innovative than ever seen before. The internet now fits in your pocket, you can… Continue reading Turning back time — why Gen Z are returning to analogue tech
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly capable of replicating reality, the role of human creativity is being re-evaluated. AI can already mimic human likenesses and replicate natural scenes with stunning precision, and this precision will only grow greater. The question then arises: what is the point of replicating reality in art now that technology can do… Continue reading What can cubism teach us about creating in a world with AI?
Skyrocketing AI stock prices have been a point of great anxiety over the past few months. Allegations of a bubble extend even longer, and with Michael Burry’s latest short position, the market took a hit. Afterwards, a whole rabble of AI industry leaders have made their way onto the media to reassure the world there… Continue reading Rabble of AI Leaders Try To Calm Markets In New Interviews
Between the years of 1642 and 1651, the UK was in total turmoil as the Royalist and Parliamentarist forces competed to lead the way for the union’s future. One man, utterly disturbed by the skirmishes resulting in an uncertain future and a death toll of around 200.000, strived to find out how this outcome could… Continue reading Hobbes and artificial intelligence — the meta-Leviathan
Do you ever find yourself scrolling endlessly through TikTok, or Instagram Reels, and get swept up in the current of the media machine? You flick to the comments to contribute to the discourse and instead find your own thoughts staring right back at you — the same reaction, the same emojis and jokes. You may… Continue reading The algorithm ate my taste — on losing and reclaiming our aesthetic autonomy
Artificial intelligence is all the rage at the moment (plus there’s plenty of rage against it too). AI has blown up in popularity in the past couple of years thanks to large language models or LLMs like ChatGPT and Claude along with generative-AI tools such as Sora and Runway. Many naysayers assert AI is used… Continue reading Will AI Transform Human Thought?
“Artificial intelligence (AI) will be unleashed across the UK to deliver a decade of national renewal”, the UK government has announced. Data centres — the energy-hungry, water-guzzling facilities powering AI — have sprung up at an unprecedented pace across the country. The UK now ranks third globally for data centres, behind only the US and… Continue reading Britain’s data centre frenzy amid the climate emergency
