Even before the high-profile arrival of chatbots and image generators, AI had already quietly embedded itself in everyday life. It can recognise your face to open your phone, it can translate foreign texts while you travel, it can help you navigate through traffic and roadworks. It can even pick movies for you at the end of the day.
But the chatbot revolution has been accompanied by ominous warnings that compare AI’s growing utility to existential threats such as nuclear armageddon or natural disasters. Online influencers have invoked the spectre of an omniscient AI and abstract – often absurd – claims. These have been amplified by some big names in academia and business who have lent their authority to the doom-laden outcry, fuelling public fear and anxiety, rather than embracing the rational analysis and rigorous evidence that an educated society deserves. The voice of real researchers and innovators at the cutting edge of today’s science risks going unheard or being drowned out.
A closer look at actual existential threats lays bare the exaggerations surrounding AI's alleged dangers. The indelible scars left by nuclear weapons at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the ravages of pandemics like Covid-19 and the melting glaciers caused by climate change are stark reminders of real and present danger.
The dystopian portrayal of AI owes more to sensationalism than scientific substance. Unlike the immediate cataclysm of nuclear weaponry or the relentless assault of climate change, AI's purported threat dwells firmly in the realm of science fiction. HAL-9000, Skynet, Ultron are all familiar villains, supposedly artificial intelligences who turn on their creators.
The reality of AI is very different to the practical problems we try to solve as research scientists. The term “AI” itself covers a vast array of scientific domains, technological innovations, artifacts, and human engagements. It is laden with misinterpretations and misuse as discussions veer off course.
Misleading predictions of future threats are based on scientifically unsound extrapolations from a few years’ growth curve of AI models. No technological growth curve ticks up indefinitely. Growth is bounded by physical laws, energy constraints and paradigm limitations, such as we see in genetically-modified crop production, transistor density in semi-conductor chips, and FLOPS – performance – seen in super computers. There is no evidence that current software, hardware or mathematics will propel us towards artificial general intelligence (AGI) and beyond without major future paradigm disruptions. The risks of transformer-enabled AI (the main methodology behind AI chatbots like ChatGPT) pale in comparison to the potential of gene editing for all living organisms.
There are fundamental holes in the AI doom-mongers’ reasoning and conclusions — evidenced by the astoundingly big jumps in establishing and justifying their theory. Imagine someone invented a bicycle and was quickly able to peddle it to higher and higher speeds within a short amount of time, progressing through exercise and training. With an electric motor and lighter materials the bike goes faster still. Would we believe that the bike could be ridden until it flies?
It is not difficult to see the absurdity of such reasoning, but this is exactly the current AI narrative: AI becomes encyclopaedic through Generative Pre-trained Transformers. Next, AI leaps to become AGI. Then it becomes an Artificial Superintelligence, or ASI, complete with emotional intelligence, consciousness and self-reproduction. And then, another big jump – AI turns against humans and without deterrence is able to extinguish humanity, using sci-fi methods such as causing vegetation to emit poisonous gas, or figuring out a way to deplete the energy of the Sun, according to some recent scenarios presented at an Oxford Union debate.
Like Prometheus stealing fire for humanity, AI has emerged as a potent yet not fully grasped tool to propel our civilisation forward
Each of these jumps requires utterly ground-breaking advances in science and technology, which are likely impossible. Many of the assumptions made in such jumps are logically unjustified. But these stories risk capturing the public imagination.
These AI sceptics – whether intentionally or not – are ignoring the obligation of scientific proof, and panicking the public and governments, as we have seen at the recent AI Safety Summit held at Bletchley Park in the UK. The regulation being pushed is not intended to prevent ludicrous existential risks. It is designed to undermine the open-source AI community that poses a threat to the profits of big tech,. Over-regulation to beef up the cost of AI development benefits a small number of rich parties only.
Ironically, the existential-threat scenario ignores human agency. It was not technology but basic human management systems that lay behind disasters like Chernobyl, and the tragedy of the Challenger space shuttle explosion. Contrary to the physical sciences, which engage with the real world, AI’s realm is predominantly digital. Any AI interaction requires many more steps of human agency, and opportunities for checks and controls than any technology that experiments directly with the physical world, such as physics, chemistry and biology.
AI doomerist rhetoric hides the fundamental and transcendental benefits to society and civilisation that come with scientific advances and technological revolutions. It does little to inspire and incentivise the public to understand and leverage science. History is full of examples where technology has served as a catalyst for human advancement rather than a harbinger of doom. Tools like the compass, the book and the computer have taken us on real and intellectual voyages from the deepest oceans to the edge of the universe.
The existential-threat narrative hinges on AI transcending human intelligence, a notion bereft of any clear metrics. Many inventions – like microscopes and calculators – already surpass human capabilities, yet they have been greeted by excitement, not fears of extinction.
In reality, artificial intelligence is ushering in a 21st-century “renAIssance”, fundamentally changing how we gain knowledge and solve problems. Unlike the original Renaissance, which lead to the Age of Enlightenment, and was defined by a rational, foundational approach to science, this era is taking us to an Age of Empowerment.
The historical Renaissance was enabled by the technology of printing and the market of publishing, allowing the rapid diffusion of knowledge through Europe and beyond. Early science gave this knowledge structure through “knowing how to think.” Figures like Newton and Leibniz championed and defined this rationalism. They and their contemporaries set the stage for a methodical science rooted in first principles.
For centuries, the science they created moved forward by forming hypotheses, unravelling core ideas and validating theories through logic and methodical experimentation. Modern AI is now reshaping this classical problem-solving approach.
Today the amalgamation of vast datasets, advanced infrastructure, complex algorithms, and computational power heralds a new age of discovery that goes far beyond traditional human logic. It promises a science characterised by radical empiricism and AI-guided insights. Today’s AI RenAIssance goes beyond the “how” to delve into the “why”. It arms individuals not merely with knowledge, but with the tools for real-world problem-solving, marking a shift towards a practical approach. AI unveils a spectrum of possibilities in fields like biology, genomics, climate science and autonomous technology.
The hallmark of this era is the resurgence of empiricism, fuelled by AI’s data-processing prowess, enabling automated knowledge distillation, organisation, reasoning and hypothesis testing, and offering insights from identified patterns. It opens the way for alternative methodologies of scientific exploration, for example, through extremely high throughput digital content generation, complex simulative prediction and large-scale strategic optimisation, at a magnitude and speed massively exceeding what traditional first-principle based methods and causal reasoning would be able to handle.
This means unprecedented real opportunities for humans to tackle previously impossible challenges such as climate change, cancer and personalized medicine. This modern Renaissance fosters continuous learning and adaptation, moving society from an insistence on understanding everything prior to acting, towards a culture of exploration, understanding and ethical application. This mindset resonates with past empirical methodologies, advocating a humble approach to gaining knowledge and solving problems.
Like Prometheus stealing fire for humanity, AI has emerged as a potent yet not fully grasped tool to propel our civilisation forward. We need the humility, the courage – and the freedom – to take this tool and use it.
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Price, base / as tested: Dh78,000 / Dh97,650
Engine: 2.5-litre in-line four-cylinder
Power: 182hp @ 6,000rpm
Torque: 244Nm @ 4,000rpm
Transmission: Continuously variable tranmission
Fuel consumption, combined: 7.6L / 100km
MATCH INFO
Uefa Champions League, semi-final result:
Liverpool 4-0 Barcelona
Liverpool win 4-3 on aggregate
Champions Legaue final: June 1, Madrid
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Dir: Taika Waititi
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Jeff Goldblum, Mark Ruffalo, Tessa Thompson
Four stars
Killing of Qassem Suleimani
KILLING OF QASSEM SULEIMANI
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'The Ice Road'
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
Stars: Liam Neeson, Amber Midthunder, Laurence Fishburne
2/5
RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP FIXTURES
September 30
South Africa v Australia
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South Africa v New Zealand
Argentina v Australia
Netherlands v UAE, Twenty20 International series
Saturday, August 3 - First T20i, Amstelveen
Monday, August 5 – Second T20i, Amstelveen
Tuesday, August 6 – Third T20i, Voorburg
Thursday, August 8 – Fourth T20i, Vooryburg
Fifa Club World Cup quarter-final
Kashima Antlers 3 (Nagaki 49’, Serginho 69’, Abe 84’)
Guadalajara 2 (Zaldivar 03’, Pulido 90')
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The lowdown
Badla
Rating: 2.5/5
Produced by: Red Chillies, Azure Entertainment
Director: Sujoy Ghosh
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Taapsee Pannu, Amrita Singh, Tony Luke
Youth YouTuber Programme
The programme will be presented over two weeks and will cover the following topics:
- Learning, scripting, storytelling and basic shots
- Master on-camera presence and advanced script writing
- Beating the algorithm and reaching your core audience
UFC Fight Night 2
1am – Early prelims
2am – Prelims
4am-7am – Main card
7:30am-9am – press cons
RESULT
Arsenal 1 Chelsea 2
Arsenal: Aubameyang (13')
Chelsea: Jorginho (83'), Abraham (87')
What the law says
Micro-retirement is not a recognised concept or employment status under Federal Decree Law No. 33 of 2021 on the Regulation of Labour Relations (as amended) (UAE Labour Law). As such, it reflects a voluntary work-life balance practice, rather than a recognised legal employment category, according to Dilini Loku, senior associate for law firm Gateley Middle East.
“Some companies may offer formal sabbatical policies or career break programmes; however, beyond such arrangements, there is no automatic right or statutory entitlement to extended breaks,” she explains.
“Any leave taken beyond statutory entitlements, such as annual leave, is typically regarded as unpaid leave in accordance with Article 33 of the UAE Labour Law. While employees may legally take unpaid leave, such requests are subject to the employer’s discretion and require approval.”
If an employee resigns to pursue micro-retirement, the employment contract is terminated, and the employer is under no legal obligation to rehire the employee in the future unless specific contractual agreements are in place (such as return-to-work arrangements), which are generally uncommon, Ms Loku adds.
What is the definition of an SME?
SMEs in the UAE are defined by the number of employees, annual turnover and sector. For example, a “small company” in the services industry has six to 50 employees with a turnover of more than Dh2 million up to Dh20m, while in the manufacturing industry the requirements are 10 to 100 employees with a turnover of more than Dh3m up to Dh50m, according to Dubai SME, an agency of the Department of Economic Development.
A “medium-sized company” can either have staff of 51 to 200 employees or 101 to 250 employees, and a turnover less than or equal to Dh200m or Dh250m, again depending on whether the business is in the trading, manufacturing or services sectors.
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Singham Again
Director: Rohit Shetty
Stars: Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ranveer Singh, Akshay Kumar, Tiger Shroff, Deepika Padukone
Rating: 3/5
The specs: 2018 Volkswagen Teramont
Price, base / as tested Dh137,000 / Dh189,950
Engine 3.6-litre V6
Gearbox Eight-speed automatic
Power 280hp @ 6,200rpm
Torque 360Nm @ 2,750rpm
Fuel economy, combined 11.7L / 100km
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A timeline of the Historical Dictionary of the Arabic Language
- 2018: Formal work begins
- November 2021: First 17 volumes launched
- November 2022: Additional 19 volumes released
- October 2023: Another 31 volumes released
- November 2024: All 127 volumes completed
Results
Female 49kg: Mayssa Bastos (BRA) bt Thamires Aquino (BRA); points 0-0 (advantage points points 1-0).
Female 55kg: Bianca Basilio (BRA) bt Amal Amjahid (BEL); points 4-2.
Female 62kg: Beatriz Mesquita (BRA) v Ffion Davies (GBR); 10-2.
Female 70kg: Thamara Silva (BRA) bt Alessandra Moss (AUS); submission.
Female 90kg: Gabreili Passanha (BRA) bt Claire-France Thevenon (FRA); submission.
Male 56kg: Hiago George (BRA) bt Carlos Alberto da Silva (BRA); 2-2 (2-0)
Male 62kg: Gabriel de Sousa (BRA) bt Joao Miyao (BRA); 2-2 (2-1)
Male 69kg: Paulo Miyao (BRA) bt Isaac Doederlein (USA); 2-2 (2-2) Ref decision.
Male 77kg: Tommy Langarkar (NOR) by Oliver Lovell (GBR); submission.
Male 85kg: Rudson Mateus Teles (BRA) bt Faisal Al Ketbi (UAE); 2-2 (1-1) Ref decision.
Male 94kg: Kaynan Duarte (BRA) bt Adam Wardzinski (POL); submission.
Male 110kg: Joao Rocha (BRA) bt Yahia Mansoor Al Hammadi (UAE); submission.
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UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
The more serious side of specialty coffee
While the taste of beans and freshness of roast is paramount to the specialty coffee scene, so is sustainability and workers’ rights.
The bulk of genuine specialty coffee companies aim to improve on these elements in every stage of production via direct relationships with farmers. For instance, Mokha 1450 on Al Wasl Road strives to work predominantly with women-owned and -operated coffee organisations, including female farmers in the Sabree mountains of Yemen.
Because, as the boutique’s owner, Garfield Kerr, points out: “women represent over 90 per cent of the coffee value chain, but are woefully underrepresented in less than 10 per cent of ownership and management throughout the global coffee industry.”
One of the UAE’s largest suppliers of green (meaning not-yet-roasted) beans, Raw Coffee, is a founding member of the Partnership of Gender Equity, which aims to empower female coffee farmers and harvesters.
Also, globally, many companies have found the perfect way to recycle old coffee grounds: they create the perfect fertile soil in which to grow mushrooms.
Results
Stage 7:
1. Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto Soudal - 3:18:29
2. Sam Bennett (IRL) Deceuninck-QuickStep - same time
3. Phil Bauhaus (GER) Bahrain Victorious
4. Michael Morkov (DEN) Deceuninck-QuickStep
5. Cees Bol (NED) Team DSM
General Classification:
1. Tadej Pogacar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates - 24:00:28
2. Adam Yates (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers - 0:00:35
3. Joao Almeida (POR) Deceuninck-QuickStep - 0:01:02
4. Chris Harper (AUS) Jumbo-Visma - 0:01:42
5. Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo - 0:01:45
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets
Recent winners
2002 Giselle Khoury (Colombia)
2004 Nathalie Nasralla (France)
2005 Catherine Abboud (Oceania)
2007 Grace Bijjani (Mexico)
2008 Carina El-Keddissi (Brazil)
2009 Sara Mansour (Brazil)
2010 Daniella Rahme (Australia)
2011 Maria Farah (Canada)
2012 Cynthia Moukarzel (Kuwait)
2013 Layla Yarak (Australia)
2014 Lia Saad (UAE)
2015 Cynthia Farah (Australia)
2016 Yosmely Massaad (Venezuela)
2017 Dima Safi (Ivory Coast)
2018 Rachel Younan (Australia)
EA Sports FC 26
Publisher: EA Sports
Consoles: PC, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox Series X/S
Rating: 3/5
OPTA'S PREDICTED TABLE
1. Liverpool 101 points
2. Manchester City 80
3. Leicester 67
4. Chelsea 63
5. Manchester United 61
6. Tottenham 58
7. Wolves 56
8. Arsenal 56
9. Sheffield United 55
10. Everton 50
11. Burnley 49
12. Crystal Palace 49
13. Newcastle 46
14. Southampton 44
15. West Ham 39
16. Brighton 37
17. Watford 36
18. Bournemouth 36
19. Aston Villa 32
20. Norwich City 29
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Torque: 400Nm at 1,750-4,000rpm
Transmission: 8-speed auto
Fuel consumption: 9.1L/100km
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What's in the deal?
Agreement aims to boost trade by £25.5bn a year in the long run, compared with a total of £42.6bn in 2024
India will slash levies on medical devices, machinery, cosmetics, soft drinks and lamb.
India will also cut automotive tariffs to 10% under a quota from over 100% currently.
Indian employees in the UK will receive three years exemption from social security payments
India expects 99% of exports to benefit from zero duty, raising opportunities for textiles, marine products, footwear and jewellery
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2025 Fifa Club World Cup groups
Group A: Palmeiras, Porto, Al Ahly, Inter Miami.
Group B: Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico Madrid, Botafogo, Seattle.
Group C: Bayern Munich, Auckland City, Boca Juniors, Benfica.
Group D: Flamengo, ES Tunis, Chelsea, Leon.
Group E: River Plate, Urawa, Monterrey, Inter Milan.
Group F: Fluminense, Borussia Dortmund, Ulsan, Mamelodi Sundowns.
Group G: Manchester City, Wydad, Al Ain, Juventus.
Group H: Real Madrid, Al Hilal, Pachuca, Salzburg.
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2018 ICC World Twenty20 Asian Western Sub Regional Qualifier
Event info: The tournament in Kuwait is the first phase of the qualifying process for sides from Asia for the 2020 World T20 in Australia. The UAE must finish within the top three teams out of the six at the competition to advance to the Asia regional finals. Success at regional finals would mean progression to the World T20 Qualifier.
Teams: UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Maldives, Qatar
Friday fixtures: 9.30am (UAE time) - Kuwait v Maldives, Qatar v UAE; 3pm - Saudi Arabia v Bahrain
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Power: 450hp
Torque: 700Nm
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