The Existentialist Papers

  Preamble I write this, honestly, in surprise. But to explain that, I need to tell you a very brief story. It started about this time last year, somewhat ironically, with me doomscrolling. I came across a video talking about how we accredit scientific discoveries to people by name, but that this can overshadow the fundamental work of the people that came before them. I was inspired, albeit angry, and this combined with the desire to do something meaningful before the end of the academic year: I set out to complete a study. A research paper, in its entirety. Hindsight, wow, what a miscalculation of what was achievable with no funding or real time to dedicate. The thesis of my paper? That educational curricula are systemically racist. Hmm. Definitely bit off more than I could chew. Do I still believe this? In some (much smaller) amount, but the important part is that I  didn't find data to prove it .  It took me about 3-4 months to complete, and at the end I honestly hated...

Sorry it's been a while, but I'm back. Type-set and accessible pdf editions are embedded at the end of the blog. A. The intention of these essays  I write these essays below to highlight not only the futility of Artificial Intelligence in daily life, but the danger within its encouragement.      Artificial Intelligence (AI) models, specifically Large Language Models (LLMs) that are trained to produce natural text that replicates human output, have seen dramatic and unpredicted uptake by the general public in many aspects from summarising literature, concept explanation, and idea generation, to writing support–commonly seen through the notion of asking an LLM to produce an essay for a given topic.     In full transparency, I write the essays given below in the hope to bring awareness and discouragement amongst audiences and institutions to the intrinsic destructive nature of Artificial Intelligence. I do not serve as an unbiased voice.     The fi...