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Commentary: Fears about AI are overblown. ChatGPT is a net gain for society

Artificial intelligence, or AI, has the potential to revolutionize many aspects of our society, but it also has the potential to be harmful. As AI becomes more advanced and widespread, it raises ethical concerns about how it will impact jobs, privacy and inequality. Overall, it is important to carefully consider…

Chicago Tribune · Dec 28, 2022

In defence of the 1970s, the 'decade that taste forgot'

As an expert in media and cultural studies, I once appeared in a television series about technology in the home during the last three decades of the 20th century.

The Conversation · Dec 28, 2022

Why do the rich get richer — even during global crises?

Every 30 hours, the pandemic spawned a new billionaire, while pushing a million people into poverty. Here’s why.

Al Jazeera · Dec 27, 2022

African debt: how to break unequal relationships in financing deals

Africa is facing some impossibly difficult choices when it comes to financing its development. Countries need hundreds of billions of dollars each year to meet their climate, poverty, unemployment and inequality challenges. They cannot meet these needs only from their own resources, grants and concessional sources. They will have to…

The Conversation · Dec 9, 2022

South African star choreographer Dada Masilo comes to Paris with 'The Sacrifice'

From "Giselle" to "Swan Lake" and "The Rite of Spring", South Africa's Dada Masilo deconstructs classic ballets to tell a new story, far from the stereotypical damsel in distress but that of modern-day people who suffer modern-day issues such as homophobia, gender inequality and racism. She's performed her creations all…

France 24 · Dec 8, 2022

Alan Kohler: Why the Voice is an economic as well as moral issue

A First Nations Voice is fundamentally a moral question and a symbol of recognition, but it is also economic and political.

The New Daily · Dec 7, 2022

Who creates more wealth in society – bankers or nurses?

Letters: Disgraceful inequality will continue to grow if we think of people’s worth in binary terms, says Canon Andrew Lightbown. Plus Prof Roger Bayston on the fickle perception of public service workers

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2022

Want a better restaurant table? Well, so does everyone else, buddy, you will have to pay for it

A new app allows users to upgrade where they sit – for a price. It is just another case of inequality being rubbed in your face

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2022

The Guardian view on Labour’s devolution plans: regional inequality is a blight

Editorial: Britain is heading in the wrong direction, and radical change is needed in how money and power works

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022

Why you're less likely to get rich these days if your parents aren't already wealthy

Improvements in living standards over generations have been taken for granted in recent history, but these days young people are looking worse off than their parents in one major area: wealth.

The Conversation · Dec 5, 2022