Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
The Conversation Podcast Series Examines Class in British Politics
Even in the 21st century, social class is a part of being British. We talk of living in a post-class era but, […]
The Cult of Donald Trump
David Canter considers the parallels between religious beliefs, and cults, with those followers of ex-President Trump who have a faith that he can be considered God-like.
Viewing 2024 Economics Nobel Through Lens of Colonialism’s Impact on Institutions
This year’s Nobel memorial prize in economics has gone to Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and […]
Neuromania – Or Where Did the Person Go?
David Canter bemoans how people are disappearing as ‘brains’ take over.
Nick Camp on Trust in the Criminal Justice System
The relationship between citizens and their criminal justice systems comes down to just that – relationships. And those relations generally start with […]
Daron Acemoglu on Artificial Intelligence
Economist Daron Acemoglu, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, discusses the history of technological revolutions in the last millennium and what they may tell us about artificial intelligence today.
The Perils of (Even Very Minor) Celebrity
David Canter considers the confusions inherent in being (even very moderately) well-known. That has implications for the considerably greater misinformation that gets linked to those who are very well-known indeed.
Philosophy Has Been – and Should Be – Integral to AI
Philosophy has been instrumental to AI since its inception, and should still be an important contributor as artificial intelligence evolves..
