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Human’s intangible stock of capital
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European parties in search for voters
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Will we consider abandoning hyper productivity in favor of sustainability and equality?
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Dutch future welfare
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Who owns the data of the city?
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Is Italy crossing the Rubicon?
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Can E-learning bridge Africa’s education gap?
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Can Cuba be libre?
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The medium is (liable for) the message
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Eastern European implosion
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The walls of the home are breaking down
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The Ocean Economy
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The artisan versus the engineer: masters of the universe
What kind of skills should we (not) cultivate for generative AI?
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We are the products of technological mediation
What the metaphor of the 'medium' can teach us about AI
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When images matter more than reality
A reflection on Vilém Flusser's philosophy of photography in the age of social media
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The day the artificial became intelligent (is yet to come)
When we started to call intelligence a machine and the machine intelligent
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Knit’s Island and the future of the metaverse
An immersive and fascinating documentary about life in a virtual world
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The robots among us
About today’s master-slave dynamics with humanoids and chatbots
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The age of the machine: emancipation or alienation of the human?
Understanding the role of machines in society
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Short-sighted AI regulations miss the big picture
How can we ensure that AI is not only safe but also resonates with our broader norms and values?
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Philosophical prompt engineering in an AI-driven world
Why philosophical questioning and the art of posing the right questions becomes more important because of generative AI
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The enduring tool metaphor in AI discourse
About technology as a mere instrument to achieve human goals
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