It’s a very popular sci-fi trope, a cutesy robot that the viewer develops warm feelings for as the machine proves itself to be capable of acting...
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The Tetris Effect and the Merging of the Digital Self with the Physical Self
At some point in your life, you’ve probably heard about something called the Tetris effect, or Tetris syndrome. It’s a term that was coined in the...
Continue reading...The Nazca Geoglyphs and AI- an Unlikely Match Made in Heaven
The ‘Nazca Lines’ describe a series of geoglyphs spread across the Nazca Desert in Peru. Although an exact date of the creation of these geoglyphs cannot...
Continue reading...Digital Digging with Digital Trowels?
There’s something very strange about the name ‘digital archaeology’, it sounds quite oxymoronic, actually. However, digital archaeology has really begun taking off over the past decade,...
Continue reading...Don’t Forget to Vote!
Chances are, if you’ve been on the internet in the past month or so, you’ve seen some variation of that phrase somewhere. Maybe it’s your American...
Continue reading...AI Justice and how AI Can Help Us Fight Crime
Having an AI posing as bait during a massive sting operation might sound like something right out of a science fiction novel, but this practice has...
Continue reading...Don’t You Text Me in That Tone!
One of the things the most important things to me during the beginning of the quarantine when I couldn’t see my friends was the internet– being...
Continue reading...Digital Detectives – Crime in the Digital Age
This blog post contains non-graphic mentions of murder, kidnapping, and child abuse. Detective work was already complex and multifaceted before the digital age and the presence...
Continue reading...The Luxury of Boredom
Hey you, yes you, are you bored right now? No? Well, have you been bored in the past 48h? Chances are, unless you’re extremely busy, you’ve...
Continue reading...GAME OVER: The Importance of Preservation In Video Games
Often, when we think of heritage, our minds direct towards displays of craftsmanship, monumentality– big stones put up by hairy men in loincloths or photo-realistic paintings...
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