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28 February 2024

“AI is one more proof of the uniqueness of consciousness”

Just what is consciousness? Does ancient thought provide insights? How far has science come? And can self-awareness be modelled into machines?

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27 February 2024

“Thanks to tech, the world’s gotten fast, fused, deep”

We're at humanity's next Promethean moment. One defined by accelerating climate change, technology, and geopolitics. How do we make sense of an imploding world? What recourse exists?

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27 February 2024

“If I create something on Sora, does it belong to me or does it belong to Sora?”

Art with endeavour – or a means to an end, the next technological leap, an evolving landscape?

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27 February 2024

“Children today won’t know a world without AI”

Teacher to chatbot? Student to auto-didact?

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27 February 2024

“The great confidence that tech gives me: it can improve the profoundly broken nature of government”

Technology alone will not overhaul society. Political drive will need to play its part.

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27 February 2024

“Diseases are dynamic. So are humans. AI can connect the two.”

Diagnostics to drug discovery to digital twins. Healthcare that's preventative. Personalised. Predictive.

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27 February 2024

“The phone is more powerful than a battle tank”

Lt. Gen. MU Nair, India’s National Cybersecurity Coordinator, discusses cybersecurity as a contemporary theatre of conflict and the challenges facing India.

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27 February 2024

“To protect nature is the most self-serving thing humans can do”

The climate crisis is real, and now. Will technology play saviour? Will nature heal itself? What role will communities and corporates play?

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27 February 2024

“Stories are our species’ unique ability to update our genetic software”

Marvel to Mahabharata. America's global war on terror to India's space successes. The stories we tell ourselves hold immense value.

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27 February 2024

“The JWST is taking us back 13.8 billion years. Here’s a peep”

We have spotted the oldest black hole yet. Discovered infant galaxies fresh after the Big Bang. Found exoplanets orbiting dead stars. Seen "rogue" planetary-mass objects. Thanks to a marvellous machine.

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