Craig Spence Writer

Category: Social Commentary

  • Is ours a thankless world?

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    One of my daily affirmations is: “Receive with gratitude, appreciation, and admiration.” In other words, say ‘thank you’, not in a perfunctory way, but in thoughtful and heartfelt recognition of the conscious beings who provide me with the things and circumstances that make me happy. But this Thanksgiving morning, as I uttered my affirmations, I…

  • AI: Is it really intelligent?

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    I’ve been troubled lately by two questions about the global race to build AI data centres: First, a couple of observations about the scale of the AI phenomenon. Between now and 2050, it is predicted that more than $31 trillion will be invested in AI data centres. Put into perspective, that’s an amount just shy…