technology

The history of artificial intelligence is more than just the historical development of technology. It’s also a history of humanity’s self-image — and our fear in replicating what we believe to be our artificial counterparts. 

In this issue, The Weekender explores the various ways AI has changed the value of creativity and human intelligence.

Electronic waste is often overlooked, but it is important to remember that there are ways to recycle this in a semi-sustainable way to protect the environment from harm.

We are deluding ourselves if we believe tech is a blank slate that is free from capitalism, misogyny and racism.

I’ve stopped making plans for my life, not because they don’t pan out but because I think they restrict the way in which I view what I am capable of. Some of the best decisions I’ve made have been spur of the moment, spontaneous and utterly unexpected and I don’t think that’s a coincidence.

My recent eye problems made me appreciate good vision — something many of us take for granted, and I became eager to use them to see more of the world itself, rather than digital representations of it. 

“Decision to Leave” indulges in fluidity — in ever-shifting conceptions of others and the self.

Like many of you, I once spent my free time going down the rabbit hole on social media for hours on end, scrolling past people who I’d probably never meet in real life. This is your sign to delete those apps for a while. 

Our very lives are a commodity on social media; the content we post is the main unit of consumption. Social media companies profit off of our lives. When you reduce humans into units of consumption, you objectify humanity.

Recently I found myself without a phone. The past several days I've been getting around experiencing the unexpected highs and lows of no longer being wireless.