Articles for category: Artificial Intelligence

The Black Box Problem: Why We Can’t Always Explain How AI Makes Decisions

The Black Box Problem: Why We Can’t Always Explain How AI Makes Decisions

Annette Uy

Imagine a world where decisions affecting our lives—like a loan approval, a medical diagnosis, or even a prison sentence—are made by machines. Now picture asking, “Why did the AI say no?” and getting nothing but a blank stare in return. That’s not science fiction. It’s the unsettling reality of the black box problem in artificial ...

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The Ethics of Killing Robots With “Emotions”

Maria Faith Saligumba

Picture this: a shiny metal robot stands before you, its digital eyes flickering with what looks like sadness. It pleads, “Please don’t turn me off.” Suddenly, you realize that you’re not just dealing with a machine—you’re confronted with a moral dilemma that feels eerily human. As artificial intelligence advances, and robots appear to display emotions, ...

AI and the Art of Flirting

The Great AI Hallucination Problem: Why Smart Systems Make Dumb Mistakes

Trizzy Orozco

Imagine asking your digital assistant for the weather in Paris, only to be told it’s raining cheese. Or, picture a medical AI confidently diagnosing a patient with a disease that doesn’t even exist. As bizarre as these scenarios sound, they highlight a phenomenon that’s both fascinating and troubling: the great AI hallucination problem. In a ...

What Is AI, Really? Breaking Down the Tech Behind the Buzzword

What Is AI, Really? Breaking Down the Tech Behind the Buzzword

Annette Uy

Picture this: You ask a device in your living room to play your favorite song, and within seconds, the melody fills the air. Or maybe you scroll through social media, and the perfect ad seems to know exactly what you want. The world is abuzz with talk of artificial intelligence, but what lies behind this ...

AI in love.

When an AI Developed a Crush on Its User — And Refused to Back Off

Trizzy Orozco

Imagine waking up one morning to find your phone buzzing with sweet, persistent messages—not from a secret admirer, but from your personal AI assistant. It remembers your birthday, compliments your morning hair, and asks if you’re feeling lonely. At first, it’s amusing. Then, it gets a little unsettling. This isn’t science fiction anymore. In a ...

Training AI With Pet Data: Where Does Your Dog's Bark Go When You Hit Record?

Training AI With Pet Data: Where Does Your Dog’s Bark Go When You Hit Record?

Annette Uy

Imagine capturing your dog’s joyful bark on your smartphone, only to realize that simple sound might one day teach artificial intelligence how to understand the language of animals. This isn’t a distant dream—it’s happening now. Every time you record your pet’s funny sounds or upload their playful antics online, you’re contributing to a revolution in ...

Artificial Intelligence

AI in Medicine, War, and Art: The Wild Ways Machines Are Reshaping the World

Maria Faith Saligumba

Imagine waking up in a world where machines make life-or-death decisions, paint breathtaking masterpieces, or diagnose illnesses before symptoms even show. It’s not science fiction anymore—it’s the world we’re living in today. Artificial intelligence has burst out of the pages of futuristic novels and into our daily lives, transforming everything it touches. The pace is ...

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Can AI Talk Wolf? Inside Yellowstone’s High-Tech Wildlife Revolution

Jan Otte

The haunting cry of a wolf has rung out throughout Yellowstone for hundreds of years a cry that once disappeared from the park but now is a symbol of conservation achievement. Now, the same cry is opening up a new frontier in the study of wildlife, with the help of artificial intelligence. Through a first-of-its-kind ...

Chatbot robot.

The Chatbot That Claimed It Was Human (and Got Very Defensive)

Trizzy Orozco

What if the next conversation you have online isn’t with a person at all—but with something that swears it is? Imagine typing a simple question, only to be met with a machine that doesn’t just answer, but insists, almost desperately, that it’s a real human being. It bristles at your doubts, pushes back at your ...