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July 2025

Hurling reconnects us to the dead
Last summer, my father was diagnosed with motor neurone disease, a progressive neurological condition that damages the motor neurones in the brain and…
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James O'Sullivan
When did we become so vapid?
There’s a particular species of despair that creeps in when you spend too long online.
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James O'Sullivan
We can't get enough of the bullshit
Eight thousand three hundred likes.
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James O'Sullivan
Ethical futures for generative AI in Irish higher education
As generative artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT rapidly transform higher education globally, Irish universities face complex choices about…
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James O'Sullivan
AI wearables will be the end of academic integrity
I love a gadget, so usually enjoy reading up on CES highlights. But January’s CES 2025 was grim.
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James O'Sullivan
The era of deglobalisation has begun
The grand narrative of perpetual global integration, that inexorable march towards a borderless world economy, seems to be at an end, bringing about a…
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James O'Sullivan
Large language models will always produce hallucinations (but that's okay)
Large language models like ChatGPT sometimes produce answers that sound convincing but are completely incorrect.
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James O'Sullivan
Oral assessment won't save higher education from generative AI
As generative AI transforms how students produce written work, the knee-jerk response from many institutes of higher education has been to pivot towards…
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James O'Sullivan
AI Sovereignty in Europe
Why control of algorithms and the resources that power them is the new geopolitical frontier
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James O'Sullivan

June 2025

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