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In the digital age, journalism has transformed. Influencers and vloggers now shape public opinion, often covering stories overlooked by traditional media. This shift offers fresh perspectives...
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When we’re sad, we usually tend to do things that’ll either distract us from this sadness or things that resonate with the feeling, which eventually make...
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Have you noticed it lately? Influencers on tiktok, or company ads on the streets, that offer supplements with promising results. I’m talking about fat burners, energy...
Continue reading...The Changing Landscape of Filmmaking
With AI-generated art becoming more common, it can be unsettling to realise that something we admire wasn’t created by a human. The Hollywood writers’ strikes have highlighted the need for protections around AI in filmmaking, ensuring it doesn’t replace or undermine human creativity. While AI has potential, it still can’t match the emotional depth of human storytelling, but for how long?
Continue reading...Some Considerations on the Impact of AI on Global Employment
Conversations on the impact of AI in the workspace quickly veer into fears about job losses and mass unemployment. To start off, let’s take a moment...
Continue reading...Attractive Villains: The Menendez Brothers and the Glamourization of Crime
Netflix in the past few years released highly trendy true crime documentaries and TV series about well-known killers like Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the most...
Continue reading...Algorithms are the Death of Taste
Nowadays it seems more and more that our culture is curated by algorithms. Every single day we interact with content mediated and recommended to us by...
Continue reading...Is AI really moral neutral?
In today’s world, algorithms shape so much of what we see and do. When I watch videos or listen to music, the content that pops up...
Continue reading...Pin your interest: the science behind Pinterest mood-boards
The digital platform Pinterest was co-founded by Ben Silbermann, Evan Sharp, and Paul Sciarra in 2010. Silbermann, who had previously worked in online advertising, acknowledged that...
Continue reading...The generation with the happiest pictures and the saddest lives
Recently, I watched a short documentary from the Guardian about Chinese women who travel to other countries, like the United States, hoping to become mothers. These...
Continue reading...Tesla; or the Modern Prometheus
Self-driving cars, autonomous household-androids, advanced artificial intelligence – the future that Tesla is aiming for. You would be able to relax, as the Cybercab would drive...
Continue reading...Trusted Flaggers – Angel or Devil?
Whether/how should digital content be regulated? The question of whether/how content in digital media should be regulated came to my attention again through the blog: “Censorship...
Continue reading...Just (don’t) film it
Due to sickness, my screen time has increased massively in the past few weeks. I have been watching a lot of videos on YouTube, which is...
Continue reading...Internet Doctors Are Worsening Health Anxiety
The internet has been known to have a little nook and cranny for every niche interest out there. People who express their interests in fun and...
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Irresponsible implementation
With the capabilities of (generative) AI on the rise, individuals and companies have adapted and changed their workflow to fully exploit the benefits AI offers. Companies...
Continue reading...Hate, Passivity, and the Decline of Media Literacy
It is true that a pen is mightier than a sword. Words and images communicate messages that have the power to influence us. To create media...
Continue reading...A hackathon to save Christianity
On Friday, NOS, the main news outlet in the Netherlands, headlined: “Talkshow met Mozes? Bijbelgenootschap en EO hacken de Bijbel met AI” [Talkshow with Moses? The...
Continue reading...Navigating the Digital Afterlife: What Happens to Our Digital Remains?
With the increasingly digitalized world we live in, our online presence is both larger and more important than ever. We make and leave behind an extensive...
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