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This Friday the Fundamental Rights Commission of the Constitutional Convention approved a proposal for a norm that proposes to restore and reintegrate lands to native peoples. The initiative was voted in favour by 23 constituents and rejected by 10 of…

The importance of human adaptation in times of crisis is a must. It is therefore urgent that the state and society in general, develop “emotional education” as a fundamental requirement for personal and social equilibrium. As a social anthropologist, I…

He did not specify which intelligent systems he was referring to, but it is likely to be OpenAI’s GPT-3 autoregressive language model. The chief scientist of the research group at artificial intelligence development company OpenAI, Ilya Sustskever, posted on his…

The backdrop to the current “crisis” over Ukraine—real, imagined or exaggerated—is the snarling confrontation of NATO and Russian forces in a sweeping arc from the Baltic to Black Seas. This standoff in turn is attributable to the expansion of NATO…

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists emerged after World War II as a voice for peace by some of the scientists who developed the then ultimate weapon of mass destruction. Now, its mission has drifted into being an echo chamber…

Medical professionals call for diplomacy to avert a humanitarian disaster Doctors and other health professionals in Europe take their responsibility for preventive action to save lives very seriously. The pandemic has shown how much effort they are prepared to put…

2022 will be a critical year for the Philippines as it holds national elections to determine the next leaders of the land, as well as a crucial window for climate action. The youth, which comprises 52% of the total voting…

Islam asks its followers, both men and women, to dress modestly. Nudity is not allowed for either sex.  The only difference in dressing between men and women, as dictated by religion, is that women are specifically asked to cover their…

EcoWaste Coalition and the Malate Catholic Church convened on Monday at Rajah Sulayman Park to call out the 18th Congress on passing bills that are “false solutions”. The Senate and House of Representatives (HoR) already passed on third reading the…

“Don’t shout so much,” said Ukraine’s head of security council Oleksii Danilov last month over the growing rhetoric by the U.S. on the Russia-Ukraine crisis. The shouting, in the form of repetitive warnings that Russia is about to invade Ukraine,…