by Quint Boa | Jun 17, 2026
Have Mobile Phones Become 'Transitional Objects'? Last week I asked an AI system to summarise a book I’d read several years ago and remembered only dimly. Within a few seconds it produced a concise account of the main argument, outlined the principal criticisms...
by Quint Boa | May 27, 2026
The Podcast Show and the Illusion of Easy Success Thought I’d mull over my thoughts on The Podcast Show that I visited yesterday at the Design Centre. In Islington. First off while the show was well put together and managed there was something about the exhibitors and...
by Quint Boa | May 22, 2026
Raising the Dead via Artificial Intelligence and What it Could mean for your Charity.Yes I’m aware this sound very Black Mirror and I realise that I need to write this as sensitively as possible. Since March of this year it’s become possible to reanimate people who...
by Quint Boa | May 18, 2026
In the feverish race to achieve AGI, one of the key markers is the ability of AI to cure cancer. The promise is pretty much rhetorical because cancer is universally feared. Nearly everyone knows someone affected by cancer, so the argument becomes framed in those...
by Quint Boa | Apr 27, 2026
The Increasing Role of Faith in Developing Artificial Intelligence Another week, another surge of AI news in the video and animation industry. The release of Seedance 2 and the latest version of ChatGPT, ‘Spud’, suggests a noticeable leap forward. Early impressions...
by Quint Boa | Apr 22, 2026
Quint Lit: How To Talk To AI by Jamie BartlettIsn’t it incredible that in the past five years it has become acceptable – if not entirely mundane – to see hundreds of millions of people talking to an AI that talks back? Large Language Models (LLMs)...
