According to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) in 2018, 4.3 billion people worldwide travelled by plane. This figure shows that more than half of the world’s population took one of the 40 million scheduled flights that year. People feel secure because even though flight accidents still happen, statistically, it is the safest mode of transport in existence at the moment. Passengers are relieved knowing that competent pilots are handling the aircraft, but very few realise or acknowledge the autopilot’s important role.

Some pilots claim that autopilots take care of up to 90% of the flight during regular trips. The…

A government is a group of people with authority to administer a country. As any other institution, people manage it, and as such, the weakest part of the system is the human element. People get tired, their decisions are not always sound, and as a result, make mistakes. Because of this, governments need a new way of interacting with citizens. A system which provides their people with the services they require but stripped of all the red tape. …

It is a known fact that people live longer these days, and most governments are under pressure to provide more institutional care. But such care is very costly, and most of the time, the demand is much higher than the supply, thus leaving vulnerable people without adequate supervision. Many people are worried because their parents have reached a stage where they cannot live independently, but on the other hand, there’s no space available for the institutional care they can afford. Furthermore, we all know that people prefer to keep living in their community rather than being uprooted and placed in…

Human creativity seems to be the last frontier for Artificial Intelligence (AI). Many people claim that AI is good at various things, it excels way beyond human expectations, but it will be challenging to exhibit creativity. The creative process is still enshrined in mystery. We can use techniques to cultivate innovative thoughts, but in the end, we are not entirely sure how it happens. This lack of understanding regarding our own biological processes makes it hard for scientists to replicate them on a machine. Notwithstanding these limitations, we are not that far in creating innovative masterpieces using AI.

This pandemic taught us that the most precious resource we have is not wealth but time. All the wealth in the world is useless when faced with death. A healthy lifestyle can maybe prolong our existence, but in the end, we never know when our life will terminate. We all know several cases where people of different ages had a full future ahead of them, but all of their plans fizzled into nothing when they met their fate. The pandemic was a reality check for most of us. It placed us face-to-face with our mortality. …

The world’s population is rising rapidly, and just this year, Father Christmas needs to deliver no less than 2.1 billion presents in one evening. He will fly at a speed of 1280 miles per second and spend one millisecond in each of the 842 million households. Not a simple deed, especially for a man of his age. So how can we all help Santa in this epical feat?

Opinion

The year of the pandemic was horrible. People lost their lives. Our houses became our prisons, and we had to restrain our social instincts. It was all very surreal, something you only see in Hollywood disaster movies.

However, did you ever stop and wonder how we could survive a pandemic without technology? In particular, Artificial Intelligence (AI)?

Most probably, if we speak about electricity, there is no debate, and we all agree that it is fundamental for our day-to-day life. But AI is a little bit more elusive. Our devices do not specify that an AI lies at the heart…

Throughout my past experiences in various roles, I realised that many people who are going through a rough patch, in general, feel stuck in an alley.

When they seek help from those who should be supporting them, some of them find other broken individuals.

Essentially, they are just going around in a vicious circle. Most tragic of all, many of them are so sick and tired that they have lost all hope.

As the blessed Carlo Acutis once said: “We are all born original but many die as photocopies.” …