Culture
FOMO: Culture Through The Prism of Fear
Ofèlia Carbonell
The fear of missing out on things is driving the need to consume products, holidays, art and cultural events.
Culture
Museums Must Be Social or Not at All
Lucia Calvo
Six inspiring proposals seen at London’s MuseumNext on how cultural organisations are changing to become open, diverse and inclusive spaces.
Planet
Planetary laboratory
Juan Insua
The quest for knowledge requires a holistic perspective that brings together different disciplines and know-how.
Commons
The Echo of Medieval Philosophies and Mysticisms in Today’s World
Georgina Rabassó
We trace the philosophical, spiritual and creative footprints of medieval women authors who often remain on the fringes of hegemonic culture.
Planet
Defending Limits Is Not Malthusian
Giorgos Kallis
Self-limitation is not about constraining, but about defining collectively as societies our limits.
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Technology
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
Efraín Foglia | Ferran Esteve | Lucía Lijtmaer | Luis Paadín | Óscar Marín Miró | Ramon Mas Baucells
We invited several authors to explain what this quote by Arthur C. Clarke conjures up for them.
Education
Henry Giroux: “Those arguing that education should be neutral are really arguing for a version of education in which nobody is accountable”
João França
An interview with founder of critical pedagogy Henry Giroux on the meaning of education, suspicions regarding neutrality and on how current uncertainties could be a driving force to rethink and generate new possibilities.
Culture
Extremely Short History of Trap Music
Max Besora
We review the origins and principal identifying features of this musical genre, strongly linked to digital technologies and the Internet.
Technology
The I in the Internet
Jia Tolentino
The Internet has gone from being a utopia where everything was possible to a place full of angry people obsessed with their own representation
Culture
FOMO: Culture Through The Prism of Fear
Ofèlia Carbonell
The fear of missing out on things is driving the need to consume products, holidays, art and cultural events.
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Artificial Intelligence
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The Singularity
José Ignacio Latorre
Computation’s possibility for self-learning is leading us towards a point of technological singularity where an artificial intelligence, capable of self-improvement, will surpass the limits of human intelligence.
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The Bad Pupil
Estampa
Through artistic practice, the Taller Estampa reflects on the discourse around artificial intelligence.
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Machines Now Know How to Terrorise Humans
Cristina Sáez
The Shelley Project studies how to produce horror stories as a result of collaboration between humans and artificial intelligence.
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Machines and Humans: We Need to Talk
Andreu Belsunces | Marta Handenawer
The rise of personal virtual assistants calls for reflection on who is helping whom, and to what extent we will delegate tasks to machines.
Storytelling
The Book to Come
Javier Celaya
Artificial intelligence, big data, and virtual reality are set to change the book world over the next ten years.
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When Creativity Ceased To Be (Exclusively) Human
Jose Valenzuela Ruiz
How do artistic artificial intelligences work? We analyse what seemed to be the last stronghold of human creativity.
Science
On the Multiplicity of Intelligences
Roc Jiménez de Cisneros
What is intelligence? How can we accurately define a concept that we only understand superficially?
Science
Avatars, Cyborgs and Robots: Can Humans Enhance Themselves? (I)
Sandra Álvaro
The design of bionic prostheses and the creation of intelligent machines are some of the advances made towards enhancing our physical and intellectual abilities
Science
Avatars, Cyborgs and Robots: Can Humans Enhance Themselves? (II)
Sandra Álvaro
Codifying human beings and increasing the processing capacity of computers has made it possible to create machines that can respond to our actions.
Technology
Living with Smart Algorithms
Sandra Álvaro
Algorithms enable us to create smarter machines, but their lack of neutrality and transparency raises new challenges.
Technology
Algorithmic Injustice
David Casacuberta
In light of the increasing use of algorithms to automate decisions, we do not just want them to produce results that are correct. They must also be fair.
Science
The “uncanny valley” hypothesis in robots
Ferran Esteve
The "uncanny valley" hypothesis holds that when a robot looks almost, but not exactly, like a human being, it causes disconcert and revulsion in the observer,