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Edmund Terem Ugar

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Edmund Terem Ugar

US Pesident Donald Trump. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump’s Colour-Blind America: A dangerous illusion for people of colour

A colour-blind, merit-based approach sounds good but it disregards the systemic inequities that continue to define US society

Altering the continent’s name, which reflects its colonial past, needs to be brought into public discussion

Reclaiming identity: Why the name ‘Africa’ deserves scrutiny and possible change

Altering the continent’s name, which reflects its colonial past, needs to be brought into public discussion

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Saint AI, is it really the all-knowing oracle?

Artificial intelligence’s large language models are not the new saviour they are thought to be – they fail to love us equally

How science should meet politics in the 2024 elections

Are we going to the polls with the intention of a paradigm change, or are we voting to retain the current paradigm that no longer works?

In healthcare, AI can now conduct clinical diagnosis with a better accuracy rate than their human “colleagues.” (CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

New medical technologies risk exacerbating inequalities

Artificial intelligence can predict disease before it emerges, and the rich and poor should have access to such medical advances

Working from home has made the post-covid work scene a very quiet one.

Re-evaluating meaningful work in a quiet quitting era

The techno-driven, post-Covid workplace is different to what it was only a few years ago – with the resulting lack of meaning in our working lives

To maximise AI’s potential in peace, justice and governance, governments, NGOs, multilateral institutions and the private sector must invest in ethical AI research, data-sharing initiatives and regulatory frameworks.  Photo: File

Effective methods of teaching students in the age of AI

Students need to learn creative and critical thinking, so they can work with AI, while they are at university and in the world of work