Kayla Block is a mixed media artist and creative technologist whose work lives at the intersection of memory, machine, and material. "This project explores a human-AI art collaboration in which the artist relinquished creative agency to ChatGPT, following its instructions to create a mixed-media piece. Rather than functioning as a passive assistant, the AI was prompted to issue direct, uncompromising commands. The resulting work revealed both the strengths and limitations of a language model ...| Interalia Magazine
Florian Coulmas is Professor emeritus of Japanese Society and Sociolinguistics at the IN-EAST Institute of East Asian Studies at Duisburg-Essen University. He has published numerous books, including one about Hiroshima, where he once lived. In 2016, he was awarded the Meyer-Struckmann-Prize for Research in Arts and Social Sciences. More about him can be found here: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/soci-2025-0003/html?lang=de&srsltid=AfmBOorWLOi61PBlP66wAMDb4vtc7hgp_CsTwP6Zg...| Interalia Magazine
This article explores the ethical, scientific, and philosophical implications of AI consciousness, analyzing whether artificial intelligence could ever develop self-awareness and what that would mean for society. It examines key theories of consciousness, governance challenges, and the potential redefinition of human identity in a world where intelligence is no longer exclusively biological. With AI advancing rapidly, policymakers must consider legal rights, autonomy, and ethical safeguards b...| Interalia Magazine
This article by Dr. Domenico Meschino was written in collaboration with Omni Intelligence AI, a next-generation cognitive model for scientific reflection and research. "In this piece, we present a groundbreaking model that challenges the traditional view of time as linear. Drawing from patterns observed in physics, biology, and cosmology — alongside recent advancements in nonlinear theories — the article argues that time operates as an inward spiral, not a straight arrow. This model align...| Interalia Magazine
Paula Murphy is an Assistant Professor in the School of English in Dublin City University, specializing in popular film, especially film and technology, and Irish literature and film, with an emphasis on new and marginal voices. “I have just published a book on representations of artificial intelligence in film, AI in the Movies, with Edinburgh University Press, and a number of related journal articles: - ‘"You Feel Real to Me, Samantha": The Matter of Technology in Spike Jonze's Her’. ...| Interalia Magazine
Lucy Gill-Simmen is the Vice-Dean for Education and Student Experience and a Senior Lecturer in Marketing in the School of Business and Management at Royal Holloway, University of London. She has a passion for management education and seeks to provide the best and most equal education experience for all students. She holds both a MBA and a Ph.D. in Marketing from Imperial College Business School, London. Her pedagogic research interests lie in the development of human skills amongst students,...| Interalia Magazine
Veena D. Dwivedi is Director – Centre for Neuroscience; Professor - Psychology | Neuroscience, Brock University "The goal of my research program is to understand how the human mind/brain effortlessly understands language. I propose a "heuristic first, algorithmic second" model of language processing. This model integrates the latest findings from neuroscience, psychology and linguistic theory." For more information about my research program, visit the Dwivedi Brain and Language Lab website:...| Interalia Magazine
Anna Abraham is the E. Paul Torrance Professor and Director of the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development at the University of Georgia. She is the author of 'The Neuroscience of Creativity' and the editor of the multidisciplinary volume 'The Cambridge Handbook of the Imagination'. In this interview she discusses her latest book, 'The Creative Brain: Myths and Truths', which draws on theoretical and empirical work in cognitive psychology and neuroscience, and offers an examinati...| Interalia Magazine
Gordon A. Gow is Director, Media & Technology Studies, University of Alberta "I am a professor of media and communications at the University of Alberta, where I currently serve as Director of the Media & Technology Studies unit and hold a cross-appointment with the Department of Sociology. Before joining the University of Alberta in 2006, I was a Lecturer in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics, where I directed the Graduate Programme in Media and Commu...| Interalia Magazine
Dr. Daniel Zhou Hao is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in AI and Robotics, School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Leicester. He is the founder of the Dynamics and Neural Intelligence (DANi) Lab and the Team Lead of the DriverLeics research-inspired education group in AI-powered robotics and autonomous systems. Dr. Hao is the Leicester's PI in the UK Space Agency (UKSA) funded PLATOR project. He is also the Robotics Lead for the ESA/NASA Mars Sample Return DWI Project (E...| Interalia Magazine