Lessons in Guilt from MacKinnon and Foucault Content Warnings: Mentions of Sexual Assault. Before I begin, I must confess to a handful of biases because to do otherwise would be irresponsible. I am a survivor of a sexual assault perpetrated by a young hockey-playing man from southwestern Ontario and am therefore anything but an unbiased […]
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Reclaiming the culture of cowboyism and revolutionising buckaroos, cowpokes, and Canucks Everybody wants to be a cowboy. The culture of cowboys has become an overwhelmingly prominent trend in popular media over the past decade, with stereotypical western faux prints and cowboy boots dominating the masses. This upper-class phenomenon of ‘playing pretend’ tends to glamorise the
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The power of language on the internet Scrolling on social media lately, it seems an entirely new set of vocabulary has arisen. Of course, it has long been acknowledged that internet use can impact the words we use, especially in recent years, where slang, memes, and inside jokes rapidly go in and out of trend.
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The dangers of relying on ‘AI Therapists’ “Imagine a world in which the answer to ‘Am I the asshole?’ is always a firm, reassuring no.” In a The New Yorker article published last month, Paul Bloom, a moral psychology researcher at UofT, explores the risks of AI’s sycophantic behavior—the models’ tendency to prioritize flattery over
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How clothes reflect an era’s zeitgeist
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Examining the intertwined history of art and technology Recently, humanity has witnessed a rapid evolution in the quality of artificially-generated images. From humble six-fingered and disproportionate beginnings, AI images have become nearly indistinguishable from the hand-drawn. As AI grows more sophisticated, it continues to creep into our everyday lives. Businesses are adopting AI logos and
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Flaws and definitions Chat, what is AI? ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the field of computer science focused on creating systems or machines that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. These tasks include learning from experience, understanding language, recognizing patterns, solving problems, and making decisions’ (“Define artificial intelligence”). Similarly, in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, AI
PCOS & the body’s silent protest to weight loss What is the first thought that comes to mind when you see an overweight woman? That she is indolent? Lacks the willpower to exercise? Isn’t disciplined enough to stick to a diet? Or that there may be an underlying medical issue? If your instinct was one
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It’s more than just a phase “Stop controlling everything I do.” Sound familiar? That’s because no matter who we are, we have all been on the giving or receiving end of such teenage temper tantrums. Children, once predictable and compliant, are now teenagers who are impulsive and argue all the time. However, forms of such
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I read a quote once,“It is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.”Why must I –with the strength of my solitude, bear it.Why must Iadorn the strife and wear it,like the other would wear jewellery,gilded in gold and unburdened by guilt.So my question to
